diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 819a1e39d6..679538de9e 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     "electron-updater": "^5.2.1",
     "fontmanager-redux": "1.1.0",
     "glasstron": "0.1.1",
-    "node-powershell": "5.0.1",
     "js-yaml": "4.1.0",
     "keytar": "^7.9.0",
     "mz": "^2.7.0",
diff --git a/tabby-core/src/components/profileIcon.component.pug b/tabby-core/src/components/profileIcon.component.pug
index 0e5d84464f..afdad5719e 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/components/profileIcon.component.pug
+++ b/tabby-core/src/components/profileIcon.component.pug
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-.icon(
-    [fastHtmlBind]='pngPath',
-    *ngIf='!isHTML && isPNG'
-)
 i.icon(
     class='fa-fw {{icon}}',
     [style.color]='color',
-    *ngIf='!isHTML && !isPNG'
+    *ngIf='!isHTML'
 )
 .icon(
     [fastHtmlBind]='icon',
diff --git a/tabby-core/src/components/profileIcon.component.ts b/tabby-core/src/components/profileIcon.component.ts
index 0a837aba18..89df422995 100644
--- a/tabby-core/src/components/profileIcon.component.ts
+++ b/tabby-core/src/components/profileIcon.component.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,7 @@ export class ProfileIconComponent extends BaseComponent {
     @Input() icon?: string
     @Input() color?: string
 
-    get pngPath (): string {
-        return `<img src="${this.icon?.trim()}" width="16" height="16" />`
-    }
-
     get isHTML (): boolean {
         return this.icon?.startsWith('<') ?? false
     }
-
-    get isPNG (): boolean {
-        return this.icon?.endsWith('.png') ?? false
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tabby-electron/src/shells/wsl.ts b/tabby-electron/src/shells/wsl.ts
index bf6bfd34e5..67811a4d1c 100644
--- a/tabby-electron/src/shells/wsl.ts
+++ b/tabby-electron/src/shells/wsl.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import { HostAppService, Platform, isWindowsBuild, WIN_BUILD_WSL_EXE_DISTRO_FLAG
 
 import { ShellProvider, Shell } from 'tabby-local'
 
-import { PowerShell } from 'node-powershell'
-
 /* eslint-disable block-scoped-var */
 
 try {
@@ -40,42 +38,10 @@ const wslIconMap: Record<string, string> = {
 /** @hidden */
 @Injectable()
 export class WSLShellProvider extends ShellProvider {
-    private _pwsh: PowerShell
-
     constructor (
         private hostApp: HostAppService,
     ) {
         super()
-
-        // make sure that this will not use the powershell profile
-        // that may take a long time to load
-        this._pwsh = new PowerShell({
-            executableOptions: {
-                '-NoProfile': true,
-            },
-        })
-    }
-
-    private async _resolveIcon (defaultDistKey: any): Promise<string> {
-        let _icon = wslIconMap.Linux
-
-        // check if the register has PackageFamilyName
-        if (defaultDistKey.PackageFamilyName) {
-            // get the icon from the package family name
-            const packageFamilyName = (defaultDistKey.PackageFamilyName.value as string).split('_')[0]
-
-            if (packageFamilyName) {
-                const _ret = await this._pwsh.invoke(`Get-AppxPackage ${packageFamilyName} | ConvertTo-Json`)
-
-                if (!_ret.hadErrors && _ret.stdout?.toString() !== undefined && _ret.stdout.toString() !== '') {
-                    const appx = JSON.parse(_ret.stdout.toString())
-                    const installationLocation = appx.InstallLocation
-                    _icon = `${installationLocation}\\Assets\\Square44x44Logo.targetsize-16.png`
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return _icon
     }
 
     async provide (): Promise<Shell[]> {
@@ -93,7 +59,6 @@ export class WSLShellProvider extends ShellProvider {
         if (lxss?.DefaultDistribution) {
             const defaultDistKey = wnr.getRegistryKey(wnr.HK.CU, lxssPath + '\\' + String(lxss.DefaultDistribution.value))
             if (defaultDistKey?.DistributionName) {
-                const _icon = await this._resolveIcon(defaultDistKey)
                 const shell: Shell = {
                     id: 'wsl',
                     name: 'WSL / Default distro',
@@ -103,7 +68,7 @@ export class WSLShellProvider extends ShellProvider {
                         COLORTERM: 'truecolor',
                     },
                     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
-                    icon: wslIconMap[defaultDistKey.DistributionName.value] ?? _icon,
+                    icon: wslIconMap[defaultDistKey.DistributionName.value] ?? wslIconMap.Linux,
                 }
                 shells.push(shell)
             }
@@ -125,14 +90,11 @@ export class WSLShellProvider extends ShellProvider {
                 return []
             }
         }
-
         for (const child of wnr.listRegistrySubkeys(wnr.HK.CU, lxssPath) as string[]) {
             const childKey = wnr.getRegistryKey(wnr.HK.CU, lxssPath + '\\' + child)
             if (!childKey.DistributionName || !childKey.BasePath) {
                 continue
             }
-
-            const _icon = await this._resolveIcon(childKey)
             const wslVersion = (childKey.Flags?.value || 0) & 8 ? 2 : 1
             const name = childKey.DistributionName.value
             const fsBase = wslVersion === 2 ? `\\\\wsl$\\${name}` : childKey.BasePath.value as string + '\\rootfs'
@@ -148,7 +110,7 @@ export class WSLShellProvider extends ShellProvider {
                     COLORTERM: 'truecolor',
                 },
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
-                icon: wslIconMap[name] ?? _icon,
+                icon: wslIconMap[name] ?? wslIconMap.Linux,
             }
             shells.push(shell)
         }