diff --git a/src/assets/play.png b/src/assets/play.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 7262fbd..0000000
--- a/src/assets/play.png
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:eed4e1246369a7cb6745fedc39e743d23af78cf564298ca5c7250d63c812cfc0
-size 6616
diff --git a/src/previews/video.rs b/src/previews/video.rs
index f29bce7..491f573 100644
--- a/src/previews/video.rs
+++ b/src/previews/video.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 use anyhow::anyhow;
-use log::warn;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 
-use crate::common::get_static_dir;
-
 use super::Previewable;
 
 pub struct VideoPath<'a>(pub &'a Path);
@@ -29,21 +26,9 @@ impl<'a> Previewable for VideoPath<'a> {
         let duration = String::from_utf8_lossy(&duration_cmd.stdout)
             .trim()
             .parse::<f64>()?;
-        let play_button = get_static_dir("assets").map(|d| d.join("play.png")).ok();
         let outfile = tempfile::Builder::new().suffix(".webp").tempfile()?;
         let thumbnail_cmd = Command::new("ffmpeg")
             .args(["-i", &self.0.to_string_lossy()])
-            .args(if let Some(play_button) = play_button {
-                vec![
-                    "-i".to_string(),
-                    play_button.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
-                    "-filter_complex".to_string(),
-                    "[0:v][1:v]overlay=(W-w)/2:(H-h)/2".to_string(),
-                ]
-            } else {
-                warn!("Could not find play button to overlay for video thumbnail!");
-                vec![]
-            })
             .args(["-vframes", "1"])
             .args(["-ss", &(300f64.min(duration / 4.0)).to_string()])
             .arg(&*outfile.path().to_string_lossy())