diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
index 7ca1add1..140c2875 100644
--- a/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ http {
             add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=1800";
         }
 
+        # redirect away from the old SVG favicon location
+        location ~ /mask\-icon.svg {
+            return 301 /favicon.svg;
+        }
+
         location ~ "(/index|\.(br|gz|html))$" {
             internal;
         }