diff --git a/app/views/components/module-nav/example-set-role-from-data.html b/app/views/components/module-nav/example-set-role-from-data.html
index a7fddca830..e5b4cf7a97 100644
--- a/app/views/components/module-nav/example-set-role-from-data.html
+++ b/app/views/components/module-nav/example-set-role-from-data.html
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@
           icon: 'https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/lego/3.jpg'
         }
       ], true);
-      // navSwitcherAPI.updated({ icon: iconDef });
     });
   });
 </script>
diff --git a/src/components/icons/icons.jquery.js b/src/components/icons/icons.jquery.js
index cacc836c49..abdd80806c 100644
--- a/src/components/icons/icons.jquery.js
+++ b/src/components/icons/icons.jquery.js
@@ -31,14 +31,8 @@ $.fn.icon = function (settings) {
     options = options || $.extend({}, defaults);
 
     if (typeof options === 'string') {
-      let icon = '';
-
-      if (options && options.indexOf('icon-') === 0) {
-        icon = options.replace('icon-', '');
-      }
-
       options = $.extend({}, defaults, {
-        icon
+        icon: options.replace('icon-', '')
       });
     }