diff --git a/scripts/required_icons.sh b/scripts/required_icons.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-if [[ ! $@ ]]; then
-    echo 'Prints the list of icons required by the projects in the specified directories.'
-    echo 'However, no project directories have been specified.'
-    exit -1
-fi
-
-declare -A icon_names
-
-# iterate over specified source directories
-for srcdir in "$@"; do
-    # find icons in *.ui files
-    for iconset in $(find "$srcdir" -iname '*.ui' -print0 | xargs -0 cat | grep -Po '<iconset\stheme=\".*?\"'); do
-        if [ "${iconset:0:7}" == 'theme="' ]; then
-            icon_names["${iconset: 7 : -1}"]=1
-        fi
-    done
-
-    # find icons in *.cpp files
-    for from_theme_call in $(find "$srcdir" -iname '*.cpp' -print0 | xargs -0 cat | grep -Po 'QIcon::fromTheme\(QStringLiteral\(\".*?\"\)'); do
-        icon_names["${from_theme_call: 33 : -2}"]=1
-    done
-
-    # find icons in *.qml files
-    for icon_name in $(find "$srcdir" -iname '*.qml' -print0 | xargs -0 cat | grep -Pzo '(?<=icon\.name\: |iconName\: |source\: )(\".+\"|(.|\n)* \? \".+\" : \".+\")'); do
-        # FIXME: improve pattern to get rid of of this
-        [ "${#icon_name}"         -ge 3 ] || continue
-        [ "${icon_name: 0 : 1}"  == '"' ] || continue
-        [ "${icon_name: -1 : 1}" == '"' ] || continue
-        [ "${icon_name: 1 : 1}"  == '#' ] && continue
-        icon_names["${icon_name: 1 : -1}"]=1
-    done
-done
-
-# sort results
-sorted_icon_names=("${!icon_names[@]}")
-IFS=$'\n' sorted_icon_names=($(sort <<<"${sorted_icon_names[*]}"))
-unset IFS
-
-# print results
-echo 'set(REQUIRED_ICONS'
-for icon_name in "${sorted_icon_names[@]}"; do
-  echo "    ${icon_name}"
-done
-echo ')'