diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
index 81563f81d3157..12921f47b6416 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_dummy_clean
         remove_file "doc"
         remove_file "Gemfile"
         remove_file "lib/tasks"
-        remove_file "public/images/rails.png"
+        remove_file "app/assets/images/rails.png"
         remove_file "public/index.html"
         remove_file "public/robots.txt"
         remove_file "README"