diff --git a/kde/applications/kate/blacklist.txt b/kde/applications/kate/blacklist.txt
index 57a50f2e..4aa4e1a5 100644
--- a/kde/applications/kate/blacklist.txt
+++ b/kde/applications/kate/blacklist.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # blacklist
 
 # Unused Qt modules
 qml/QtMultimedia
 qml/QtWebChannel
 qml/QtWebKit
 qml/QtWinExtras
 qml/QtTest
 
+# we use a icontheme.rc on windows
+bin/data/icons/.*
+
 # strip most executables
 bin/(?!(kate|update-mime-database|kioslave)).*\.exe