diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Windows/Icons.cs b/osu.Desktop/Windows/Icons.cs
index cc60f92810..67915c101a 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Windows/Icons.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Windows/Icons.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System.IO;
+
 namespace osu.Desktop.Windows
 {
     public static class Icons
     {
-        public static Win32Icon Lazer => new Win32Icon(@"lazer.ico");
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Fully qualified path to the directory that contains icons (in the installation folder).
+        /// </summary>
+        private static readonly string icon_directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(typeof(Icons).Assembly.Location)!;
+
+        public static string Lazer => Path.Join(icon_directory, "lazer.ico");
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Windows/Win32Icon.cs b/osu.Desktop/Windows/Win32Icon.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 401e7a2be3..0000000000
--- a/osu.Desktop/Windows/Win32Icon.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
-// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
-
-namespace osu.Desktop.Windows
-{
-    public class Win32Icon
-    {
-        public readonly string Path;
-
-        internal Win32Icon(string name)
-        {
-            string dir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(typeof(Win32Icon).Assembly.Location)!;
-            Path = System.IO.Path.Join(dir, name);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs b/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs
index 7131067224..a93161ae47 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Windows
 
         #endregion
 
-        private record FileAssociation(string Extension, LocalisableString Description, Win32Icon Icon)
+        private record FileAssociation(string Extension, LocalisableString Description, string IconPath)
         {
             private string getProgramId(string prefix) => $@"{prefix}.File{Extension}";
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Windows
                 using (var programKey = classes.CreateSubKey(programId))
                 {
                     using (var defaultIconKey = programKey.CreateSubKey(DEFAULT_ICON))
-                        defaultIconKey.SetValue(null, Icon.Path);
+                        defaultIconKey.SetValue(null, IconPath);
 
                     using (var openCommandKey = programKey.CreateSubKey(SHELL_OPEN_COMMAND))
                         openCommandKey.SetValue(null, $@"""{exePath}"" ""%1""");
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Windows
             }
         }
 
-        private record UriAssociation(string Protocol, LocalisableString Description, Win32Icon Icon)
+        private record UriAssociation(string Protocol, LocalisableString Description, string IconPath)
         {
             /// <summary>
             /// "The <c>URL Protocol</c> string value indicates that this key declares a custom pluggable protocol handler."
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Windows
                     protocolKey.SetValue(URL_PROTOCOL, string.Empty);
 
                     using (var defaultIconKey = protocolKey.CreateSubKey(DEFAULT_ICON))
-                        defaultIconKey.SetValue(null, Icon.Path);
+                        defaultIconKey.SetValue(null, IconPath);
 
                     using (var openCommandKey = protocolKey.CreateSubKey(SHELL_OPEN_COMMAND))
                         openCommandKey.SetValue(null, $@"""{exePath}"" ""%1""");