diff --git a/src/Core/Package.vala b/src/Core/Package.vala
index bd19136db..12cdfb10f 100644
--- a/src/Core/Package.vala
+++ b/src/Core/Package.vala
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ public class AppCenterCore.Package : Object {
     public GLib.Cancellable action_cancellable { public get; private set; }
     public State state { public get; private set; default = State.NOT_INSTALLED; }
     public bool uses_generic_icon { public get; private set; }
+    public bool icon_available { public get; private set; }
 
     public double progress {
         get {
@@ -652,17 +653,15 @@ public class AppCenterCore.Package : Object {
     public GLib.Icon get_icon (uint size, uint scale_factor) {
         uint pixel_size = size * scale_factor;
 
-        uint remote_current_size = 0;
-        uint remote_current_scale = 0;
         uint cached_current_size = 0;
         uint cached_current_scale = 0;
 
         AppStream.Icon? stock_icon = null;
         AppStream.Icon? cached_icon = null;
         AppStream.Icon? local_icon = null;
-        AppStream.Icon? remote_icon = null;
 
         uses_generic_icon = false;
+        icon_available = true;
         unowned var all_icons = component.get_icons ();
         foreach (var icon in all_icons) {
             switch (icon.get_kind ()) {
@@ -692,23 +691,12 @@ public class AppCenterCore.Package : Object {
                     }
                     break;
                 case AppStream.IconKind.REMOTE:
-                    var icon_scale = icon.get_scale ();
-                    var icon_width = icon.get_width () * icon_scale;
-
-                    bool is_bigger = icon_width > remote_current_size
-                        && remote_current_size < pixel_size;
-                    bool has_better_dpi = icon_width == remote_current_size
-                        && remote_current_scale < icon_scale
-                        && scale_factor <= icon_scale;
-
-                    if (is_bigger || has_better_dpi) {
-                        remote_icon = icon;
-                        remote_current_size = icon_width;
-                        remote_current_scale = icon_scale;
-                    }
+                    debug ("'%s' is an unknown kind of AppStream icon", icon.get_name ());
+                    // We are not loading remote icons for now due to blocking events downloading the file
+                    // TODO: Dynamically load remote icons without blocking get_icon method
                     break;
                 case AppStream.IconKind.UNKNOWN:
-                    message ("'%s' is an unknown kind of AppStream icon", icon.get_name ());
+                    debug ("'%s' is an unknown kind of AppStream icon", icon.get_name ());
                     break;
             }
         }
@@ -723,34 +711,13 @@ public class AppCenterCore.Package : Object {
             file = File.new_for_path (cached_icon.get_filename ());
         } else if (local_icon != null) {
             file = File.new_for_path (local_icon.get_filename ());
-        } else if (remote_icon != null) {
-            // We need to check if URL is valid and an actual image before loading
-            var url = remote_icon.get_url ();
-            try {
-                var session = new Soup.Session ();
-                session.set_timeout (2);
-                var msg = new Soup.Message ("GET", url);
-                session.send_and_read (msg);
-
-                var content_type = msg.response_headers.get_content_type (null);
-                if (msg.status_code == 200 && content_type != null && content_type.contains ("image")) {
-                    file = File.new_for_uri (url);
-                } else {
-                    warning ("Could not load remote_icon %s: Status error, bad url, or not an image", url);
-                }
-                session.abort ();
-            } catch (Error e) {
-                warning ("Could not load remote_icon %s: %s", url, e.message);
-            }
+        } else {
+            // Either a remote or unkonw icon type
+            icon_available = false;
         }
 
-        try {
-            if (file != null && file.query_exists ()) {
-                // Using FileIcon for some remote icons causes a crash, BytesIcon works though!
-                return new BytesIcon (file.load_bytes ());
-            }
-        } catch (Error e) {
-            warning ("Failed to load icon %s: %s", get_name (), e.message);
+        if (file != null && file.query_exists ()) {
+            return new FileIcon (file);
         }
 
         uses_generic_icon = true;
diff --git a/src/Views/AppInfoView.vala b/src/Views/AppInfoView.vala
index 7d9f46c1e..2a7460429 100644
--- a/src/Views/AppInfoView.vala
+++ b/src/Views/AppInfoView.vala
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public class AppCenter.Views.AppInfoView : Adw.NavigationPage {
             valign = Gtk.Align.CENTER,
             width_request = 104,
             height_request = 104,
-            visible = package.uses_generic_icon
+            visible = package.uses_generic_icon && package.icon_available
         };
         spinner.start ();
         spinner.add_css_class ("spinner");
diff --git a/src/Widgets/AppContainers/ListPackageRowGrid.vala b/src/Widgets/AppContainers/ListPackageRowGrid.vala
index e85314a63..e36c32fc0 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/AppContainers/ListPackageRowGrid.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/AppContainers/ListPackageRowGrid.vala
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class AppCenter.Widgets.ListPackageRowGrid : AbstractPackageRowGrid {
             valign = Gtk.Align.CENTER,
             width_request = 40,
             height_request = 40,
-            visible = package.uses_generic_icon
+            visible = package.uses_generic_icon && package.icon_available
         };
         spinner.start ();
         spinner.add_css_class ("spinner-small");
diff --git a/src/Widgets/Banner.vala b/src/Widgets/Banner.vala
index 686d876b8..414d9e371 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/Banner.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/Banner.vala
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class AppCenter.Widgets.Banner : Gtk.Button {
             description: package.get_description (),
             icon: pkg_icon,
             brand_color: package.get_color_primary (),
-            uses_generic_icon: package.uses_generic_icon
+            uses_generic_icon: package.uses_generic_icon && package.icon_available
         );
     }