diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_loading_hints.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_loading_hints.html.haml
index a75b602ff6b40d7bd261f38a99d51d8bc3a9ec64..0ef50d1b122218feffefcc85f7b499c1b6af073e 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_loading_hints.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_loading_hints.html.haml
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@
 - else
   %link{ { rel: 'preload', href: stylesheet_url('application'), as: 'style' }, ActionController::Base.asset_host ? { crossorigin: 'anonymous' } : {} }
 %link{ { rel: 'preload', href: stylesheet_url("highlight/themes/#{user_color_scheme}"), as: 'style' }, ActionController::Base.asset_host ? { crossorigin: 'anonymous' } : {} }
-%link{ { rel: 'preload', href: asset_url("fontawesome-webfont.woff2?v=4.7.0"), as: 'font', type: 'font/woff2' }, ActionController::Base.asset_host ? { crossorigin: 'anonymous' } : {} }
 - if Gitlab::CurrentSettings.snowplow_enabled? && Gitlab::CurrentSettings.snowplow_collector_hostname
   %link{ rel: 'preconnect', href: Gitlab::CurrentSettings.snowplow_collector_hostname, crossorigin: '' }