diff --git a/src/book.cpp b/src/book.cpp
index 316645ccf..55d38df48 100644
--- a/src/book.cpp
+++ b/src/book.cpp
@@ -117,11 +117,12 @@ void Book::updateFromXml(const pugi::xml_node& node, const std::string& baseDir)
   m_articleCount = strtoull(ATTR("articleCount"), 0, 0);
   m_mediaCount = strtoull(ATTR("mediaCount"), 0, 0);
   m_size = strtoull(ATTR("size"), 0, 0) << 10;
-  std::string favicon_mimetype = ATTR("faviconMimeType");
-  if (! favicon_mimetype.empty()) {
+  const std::string faviconMimeType = ATTR("faviconMimeType");
+  const std::string faviconBase64EncodedData = ATTR("favicon");
+  if ( !faviconMimeType.empty() && !faviconBase64EncodedData.empty() ) {
     const auto favicon = std::make_shared<Illustration>();
-    favicon->data = base64_decode(ATTR("favicon"));
-    favicon->mimeType = favicon_mimetype;
+    favicon->data = base64_decode(faviconBase64EncodedData);
+    favicon->mimeType = faviconMimeType;
     favicon->url = ATTR("faviconUrl");
     m_illustrations.assign(1, favicon);
   }
diff --git a/test/library_server.cpp b/test/library_server.cpp
index 251e2928c..2274ccf4c 100644
--- a/test/library_server.cpp
+++ b/test/library_server.cpp
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ std::string maskVariableOPDSFeedData(std::string s)
   "wikipedia_ru_ray_charles",\
   "",\
   "public_tag_with_a_value:value_of_a_public_tag;_private_tag_with_a_value:value_of_a_private_tag;wikipedia;_pictures:no;_videos:no;_details:no",\
-  "<link rel=\"http://opds-spec.org/image/thumbnail\"\n"          \
-  "          href=\"/ROOT%23%3F/catalog/v2/illustration/raycharles_uncategorized/?size=48\"\n" \
-  "          type=\"image/png;favicon_attribute_is_absent;width=48;height=48;scale=1\"/>\n    ", \
+  "",\
   "zimfile", \
   "zimfile", \
   "125952"\