diff --git a/effects/CMakeLists.txt b/effects/CMakeLists.txt
index f785565112..17e3d7bfbd 100644
--- a/effects/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/effects/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,9 +143,3 @@ if( NOT KWIN_MOBILE_EFFECTS )
     KWIN4_ADD_EFFECT_CONFIG( builtins ${kwin4_effect_builtins_config_sources} )
 endif( NOT KWIN_MOBILE_EFFECTS )
 KWIN4_EFFECT_LINK_XRENDER( builtins )
-
-# Install global data files
-install( FILES
-    _data/circle-edgy.png
-    _data/circle.png
-    DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kwin )
diff --git a/effects/_data/circle-edgy.png b/effects/_data/circle-edgy.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a02a32664..0000000000
Binary files a/effects/_data/circle-edgy.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/effects/_data/circle.png b/effects/_data/circle.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 97a9f107fe..0000000000
Binary files a/effects/_data/circle.png and /dev/null differ