diff --git a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/__tests__/component.test.js b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/__tests__/component.test.js
index dcb6fb554c..453a5b77b2 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/__tests__/component.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/__tests__/component.test.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ describe('Component validator', () => {
         component: {
           category: 'default',
           displayName: 'mycompo',
-          icon: 'american-sign-language-interpreting',
           attributes: {
             title: {
               type: 'string',
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ describe('Component validator', () => {
         component: {
           category: 'default',
           displayName: 'mycompo',
-          icon: 'american-sign-language-interpreting',
           attributes: {
             title: {
               type: 'string',
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ describe('Component validator', () => {
         component: {
           category: 'default',
           displayName: 'mycompo',
-          icon: 'american-sign-language-interpreting',
           attributes: {
             title: {
               type: 'string',
diff --git a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/__tests__/content-type.test.js b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/__tests__/content-type.test.js
index cbbd46f549..22bfb4b6ba 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/__tests__/content-type.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/__tests__/content-type.test.js
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ describe('Content type validator', () => {
         components: [
           {
             uid: 'edit',
-            icon: 'star',
             displayName: 'test',
             category: 'test',
             attributes: {
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ describe('Content type validator', () => {
           },
           {
             tmpUID: 'random',
-            icon: 'star',
             displayName: 'test2',
             category: 'test',
             attributes: {
diff --git a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/common.js b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/common.js
index c694c8bac1..ec64a88d1e 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/common.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/common.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const validators = {
 const NAME_REGEX = /^[A-Za-z][_0-9A-Za-z]*$/;
 const COLLECTION_NAME_REGEX = /^[A-Za-z][-_0-9A-Za-z]*$/;
 const CATEGORY_NAME_REGEX = /^[A-Za-z][-_0-9A-Za-z]*$/;
-const ICON_REGEX = /^[A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9]*$/;
 const UID_REGEX = /^[A-Za-z0-9-_.~]*$/;
 
 const isValidName = {
@@ -40,12 +39,6 @@ const isValidCollectionName = {
   test: (val) => val === '' || COLLECTION_NAME_REGEX.test(val),
 };
 
-const isValidIcon = {
-  name: 'isValidIcon',
-  message: `\${path} must match the following regex: ${ICON_REGEX}`,
-  test: (val) => val === '' || ICON_REGEX.test(val),
-};
-
 const isValidKey = (key) => ({
   name: 'isValidKey',
   message: `Attribute name '${key}' must match the following regex: ${NAME_REGEX}`,
@@ -103,7 +96,6 @@ module.exports = {
   isValidCategoryName,
   isValidDefaultJSON,
   isValidName,
-  isValidIcon,
   isValidKey,
   isValidEnum,
   isValidUID,
diff --git a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/component.js b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/component.js
index 8de5db48d8..960ef2f73e 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/component.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/controllers/validation/component.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const { yup, validateYupSchema } = require('@strapi/utils');
 
 const { modelTypes, DEFAULT_TYPES } = require('../../services/constants');
-const { isValidCategoryName, isValidIcon } = require('./common');
+const { isValidCategoryName } = require('./common');
 const createSchema = require('./model-schema');
 const { removeEmptyDefaults } = require('./data-transform');
 
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const componentSchema = createSchema(VALID_TYPES, VALID_RELATIONS, {
 })
   .shape({
     displayName: yup.string().min(1).required('displayName.required'),
-    icon: yup.string().nullable().test(isValidIcon),
     category: yup.string().nullable().test(isValidCategoryName).required('category.required'),
   })
   .required()
diff --git a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/services/components.js b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/services/components.js
index 6a24a39de7..abe9054072 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/services/components.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/services/components.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const formatComponent = (component) => {
     category,
     apiId: modelName,
     schema: {
-      icon: _.get(info, 'icon'),
       displayName: _.get(info, 'displayName'),
       description: _.get(info, 'description', ''),
       connection,
diff --git a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/services/schema-builder/component-builder.js b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/services/schema-builder/component-builder.js
index 589cdb394c..d4890af41b 100644
--- a/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/services/schema-builder/component-builder.js
+++ b/packages/core/content-type-builder/server/services/schema-builder/component-builder.js
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ module.exports = function createComponentBuilder() {
         .setUID(uid)
         .set('collectionName', collectionName)
         .set(['info', 'displayName'], infos.displayName)
-        .set(['info', 'icon'], infos.icon)
         .set(['info', 'description'], infos.description)
         .set('pluginOptions', infos.pluginOptions)
         .set('config', infos.config)
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ module.exports = function createComponentBuilder() {
         .setUID(newUID)
         .setDir(newDir)
         .set(['info', 'displayName'], infos.displayName)
-        .set(['info', 'icon'], infos.icon)
         .set(['info', 'description'], infos.description)
         .set('pluginOptions', infos.pluginOptions)
         .setAttributes(this.convertAttributes(newAttributes));