diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_icon.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_icon.c
index 352bb3e968..d9308a8bc2 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_icon.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_icon.c
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ efreet_icon_fallback_icon(const char *icon_name)
             }
         }
 
+#ifndef STRICT_SPEC
         EINA_LIST_FOREACH(xdg_dirs, l, dir)
         {
             snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/pixmaps", dir);
@@ -848,17 +849,7 @@ efreet_icon_fallback_icon(const char *icon_name)
                 return icon;
             }
         }
-
-        EINA_LIST_FOREACH(xdg_dirs, l, dir)
-        {
-            snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/pixmaps", dir);
-            icon = efreet_icon_fallback_dir_scan(path, icon_name);
-            if (icon)
-            {
-                efreet_icon_cache_add(NULL, icon_name, 0, icon);
-                return icon;
-            }
-        }
+#endif
 
         icon = efreet_icon_fallback_dir_scan("/usr/share/pixmaps", icon_name);
     }