diff --git a/fdroidserver/update.py b/fdroidserver/update.py
index cfdd09c0..739a5bc9 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/update.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/update.py
@@ -2202,16 +2202,10 @@ def main():
         options.clean = True
 
     # check that icons exist now, rather than fail at the end of `fdroid update`
-    for k in ['repo_icon', 'archive_icon']:
-        if k in config:
-            if k == 'repo_icon':
-                if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(repodirs[0], 'icons', config[k])):
-                    logging.warning(_('{name} "{section}/icons/{path}" does not exist! Check "config.yml".')
-                                    .format(name=k, section=k.split('_')[0], path=config[k]))
-            elif len(repodirs) == 2:
-                if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(repodirs[1], 'icons', config[k])):
-                    logging.warning(_('{name} "{section}/icons/{path}" does not exist! Check "config.yml".')
-                                    .format(name=k, section=k.split('_')[0], path=config[k]))
+    if 'repo_icon' in config:
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(repodirs[0], 'icons', config['repo_icon'])):
+            logging.warning(_('repo_icon "repo/icons/{path}" does not exist! Check "config.yml".').
+                            format(path=config['repo_icon']))
 
     # if the user asks to create a keystore, do it now, reusing whatever it can
     if options.create_key: