diff --git a/samples/html/htmlctrl/htmlctrl.cpp b/samples/html/htmlctrl/htmlctrl.cpp
index 775db9ccad..11d195c143 100755
--- a/samples/html/htmlctrl/htmlctrl.cpp
+++ b/samples/html/htmlctrl/htmlctrl.cpp
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@
 // resources
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// the application icon (under Windows and OS/2 it is in resources and even
-// though we could still include the XPM here it would be unused)
-#if !defined(__WXMSW__) && !defined(__WXPM__)
-    #include "../../sample.xpm"
-#endif
-
 enum {
     ID_BACK = wxID_HIGHEST + 1,
     ID_NEXT = wxID_HIGHEST + 2,