diff --git a/src/gui/plugins.cpp b/src/gui/plugins.cpp
index 277fb2a4c..a979057db 100644
--- a/src/gui/plugins.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/plugins.cpp
@@ -198,8 +198,9 @@ bool CPlugins::parseCfg(plugin *plugin_data)
 	plugin_data->integration = PLUGIN_INTEGRATION_DISABLED;
 	plugin_data->hinticon = NEUTRINO_ICON_HINT_PLUGIN;
 
-	std::string hintIcon = "";
-	std::string _hintIconfile = plugin_data->plugindir + "/" + plugin_data->filename + "_hint.png";
+	std::string _hintIcon = plugin_data->plugindir + "/" + plugin_data->filename + "_hint.png";
+	if (access(_hintIcon.c_str(), F_OK) == 0)
+		plugin_data->hinticon = _hintIcon;
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < linecount; i++)
 	{
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ bool CPlugins::parseCfg(plugin *plugin_data)
 		}
 		else if (cmd == "hinticon")
 		{
-			hintIcon = parm;
+			plugin_data->hinticon = parm;
 		}
 		else if (cmd == "type")
 		{
@@ -282,20 +283,9 @@ bool CPlugins::parseCfg(plugin *plugin_data)
 	if (plugin_data->name.empty())
 		plugin_data->name = plugin_data->filename;
 
-	std::string _hintIconCfg = plugin_data->plugindir + "/" + hintIcon;
-
-	if (!hintIcon.empty() && access((_hintIconCfg + ".svg").c_str() , F_OK) == 0)
-	{
-		plugin_data->hinticon = _hintIconCfg + ".svg";
-	}
-	else if (!hintIcon.empty() && access((_hintIconCfg + ".png").c_str(), F_OK) == 0)
-	{
-		plugin_data->hinticon = _hintIconCfg + ".png";
-	}
-	else if (access(_hintIconfile.c_str(), F_OK) == 0)
-	{
-		plugin_data->hinticon = _hintIconfile;
-	}
+	_hintIcon = plugin_data->plugindir + "/" + plugin_data->hinticon + ".png";
+	if (access(_hintIcon.c_str(), F_OK) == 0)
+		plugin_data->hinticon = _hintIcon;
 
 	overrideType(plugin_data, g_settings.plugins_disabled, P_TYPE_DISABLED) ||
 	overrideType(plugin_data, g_settings.plugins_game, P_TYPE_GAME) ||