diff --git a/core/templates/layout.base.php b/core/templates/layout.base.php
index b12121b6088..3a974b00c2c 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.base.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.base.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		<meta name="referrer" content="never">
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">
 		<meta name="theme-color" content="<?php p($theme->getMailHeaderColor()); ?>">
-		<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon.ico')); /* IE11+ supports png */ ?>">
+		<link rel="icon" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon.ico')); /* IE11+ supports png */ ?>">
 		<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon-touch.png')); ?>">
 		<link rel="mask-icon" sizes="any" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon-mask.svg')); ?>" color="#1d2d44">
 		<?php foreach ($_['cssfiles'] as $cssfile): ?>
diff --git a/core/templates/layout.guest.php b/core/templates/layout.guest.php
index d5e9680eda2..7ee282faf0f 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.guest.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.guest.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">
 		<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=<?php p($theme->getiTunesAppId()); ?>">
 		<meta name="theme-color" content="<?php p($theme->getMailHeaderColor()); ?>">
-		<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon.ico')); /* IE11+ supports png */ ?>">
+		<link rel="icon" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon.ico')); /* IE11+ supports png */ ?>">
 		<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon-touch.png')); ?>">
 		<link rel="mask-icon" sizes="any" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon-mask.svg')); ?>" color="#1d2d44">
 		<?php foreach($_['cssfiles'] as $cssfile): ?>
diff --git a/core/templates/layout.user.php b/core/templates/layout.user.php
index f79defe100e..dd4864ea73f 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.user.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 		<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="<?php p((!empty($_['application']) && $_['appid']!='files')? $_['application']:'ownCloud'); ?>">
 		<meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
 		<meta name="theme-color" content="<?php p($theme->getMailHeaderColor()); ?>">
-		<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path($_['appid'], 'favicon.ico')); /* IE11+ supports png */ ?>">
+		<link rel="icon" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path($_['appid'], 'favicon.ico')); /* IE11+ supports png */ ?>">
 		<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path($_['appid'], 'favicon-touch.png')); ?>">
 		<link rel="mask-icon" sizes="any" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path($_['appid'], 'favicon-mask.svg')); ?>" color="#1d2d44">
 		<?php foreach($_['cssfiles'] as $cssfile): ?>