diff --git a/src/assets/avatar-placeholder.png b/src/assets/avatar-placeholder.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c8398da6f..0000000000
Binary files a/src/assets/avatar-placeholder.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js b/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js
index 8afb46c25e..e513b99359 100644
--- a/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js
+++ b/src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import StillImage from '../still-image/still-image.vue'
-import avatarPlaceholderImage from '../../assets/avatar-placeholder.png'
 
 const UserAvatar = {
   props: [
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ const UserAvatar = {
   },
   computed: {
     imgSrc () {
-      return this.showPlaceholder ? avatarPlaceholderImage : this.src
+      return this.showPlaceholder ? '/images/avi.png' : this.src
     }
   },
   methods: {