diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 132aac8c..017d84d2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ default = ["multi-window", "a11y"]
 # Accessibility support
 a11y = ["iced/a11y", "iced_accessibility"]
 # Enable about widget
-about = ["desktop", "dep:license"]
+about = ["dep:license"]
 # Builds support for animated images
 animated-image = ["dep:async-fs", "image/gif", "tokio?/io-util", "tokio?/fs"]
 # XXX autosize should not be used on winit windows unless dialogs
diff --git a/src/widget/about.rs b/src/widget/about.rs
index 47a9baa1..6590bb9d 100644
--- a/src/widget/about.rs
+++ b/src/widget/about.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use {
     crate::{
         Element,
-        desktop::{IconSourceExt, fde},
         iced::{Alignment, Length},
         widget::{self, horizontal_space},
     },
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ pub struct About {
     /// The application's name.
     name: Option<String>,
     /// The application's icon name.
-    icon: Option<String>,
+    icon: Option<widget::icon::Handle>,
     /// The application's version.
     version: Option<String>,
     /// Name of the application's author.
@@ -138,10 +137,7 @@ pub fn about<'a, Message: Clone + 'static>(
     };
 
     let application_name = about.name.as_ref().map(widget::text::title3);
-    let application_icon = about
-        .icon
-        .as_ref()
-        .map(|icon| fde::IconSource::Name(icon.clone()).as_cosmic_icon());
+    let application_icon = about.icon.as_ref().map(|i| i.clone().icon());
     let author = about.author.as_ref().map(widget::text::body);
     let version = about.version.as_ref().map(widget::button::standard);
     let links_section = section(&about.links, "Links");