diff --git a/src/css/style.css b/src/css/style.css
index c44585eeb..23bfb752a 100644
--- a/src/css/style.css
+++ b/src/css/style.css
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ a:only-of-type > .remove {
 <%=
 ls('src/Linkification/icons').map(function(file) {
   var key  = file.match(/(\w+)\.png/)[1];
-  var data = readBase64(`src/Linkification/icons/${file}`, {encoding: 'base64'});
+  var data = readBase64(`src/Linkification/icons/${file}`);
   return ".linkify."+key+" {\n" +
   "  background: transparent url('data:image/png;base64,"+data+"') center left no-repeat!important;\n" +
   "  padding-left: 18px;\n" +
diff --git a/src/meta/metadata.js b/src/meta/metadata.js
index 34a2d80fe..3f3227a65 100644
--- a/src/meta/metadata.js
+++ b/src/meta/metadata.js
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@
 // @run-at       document-start
 // @updateURL    <%= (channel !== '-noupdate') ? `${meta.downloads}${name}${channel}.meta.js` : 'https://noupdate.invalid/' %>
 // @downloadURL  <%= (channel !== '-noupdate') ? `${meta.downloads}${name}${channel}.user.js` : 'https://noupdate.invalid/' %>
-// @icon         data:image/png;base64,<%= readBase64('src/meta/icon48.png', {encoding: 'base64'}) %>
+// @icon         data:image/png;base64,<%= readBase64('src/meta/icon48.png') %>
 // ==/UserScript==