diff --git a/gracedb/templates/base.html b/gracedb/templates/base.html
index 3b2565ed69129c55d1171882ec3aab41d56ad7bc..10976d3a5a1e55ad82f3d7a9895489b348bbb970 100644
--- a/gracedb/templates/base.html
+++ b/gracedb/templates/base.html
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
<head>
{% load static %}
{% block headcontents %}
+
+ {# remove requests for favicon #}
+ <link rel="icon" href="data:,">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "css/style.css" %}" />
<title>GraceDb | {% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
<!-- START TESTING -->