diff --git a/mopidy/backend.py b/mopidy/backend.py
index 70591b3e7e..c713d08389 100644
--- a/mopidy/backend.py
+++ b/mopidy/backend.py
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ def get_images(self, uris):
         """
         result = {}
         for uri in uris:
+            image_uris = set()
             for track in self.lookup(uri):
                 if track.album and track.album.images:
-                    for image_uri in track.album.images:
-                        image = models.Image(uri=image_uri)
-                        result.setdefault(uri, []).append(image)
+                    image_uris.update(track.album.images)
+            result[uri] = [models.Image(uri=u) for u in image_uris]
         return result
 
     # TODO: replace with search(query, exact=True, ...)
diff --git a/tests/backend/test_backend.py b/tests/backend/test_backend.py
index 7c939132d9..7c6cc82b9d 100644
--- a/tests/backend/test_backend.py
+++ b/tests/backend/test_backend.py
@@ -17,3 +17,14 @@ def test_default_get_images_impl_falls_back_to_album_image(self):
 
         expected = {'trackuri': [models.Image(uri='imageuri')]}
         self.assertEqual(library.get_images(['trackuri']), expected)
+
+    def test_default_get_images_impl_no_album_image(self):
+        # default implementation now returns an empty list if no
+        # images are found, though it's not required to
+        track = models.Track(uri='trackuri')
+
+        library = dummy_backend.DummyLibraryProvider(backend=None)
+        library.dummy_library.append(track)
+
+        expected = {'trackuri': []}
+        self.assertEqual(library.get_images(['trackuri']), expected)