diff --git a/app-template/build-macos.sh b/app-template/build-macos.sh
index f214b1fb4..5f09bd0b2 100755
--- a/app-template/build-macos.sh
+++ b/app-template/build-macos.sh
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ mkdir /Volumes/"${VOL_NAME}"/.background
 cp "${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG}" /Volumes/"${VOL_NAME}"/.background/
 
 echo "Adding volume icon to disk image"
+# we install this here to avoid trying to install it on linux or windows, where
+# it fails to install
+npm install fileicon
 # use fileicon node_module
 cp "${DMG_VOLUME_ICON}" /Volumes/"${VOL_NAME}"/.VolumeIcon.icns
 `npm bin`/fileicon set /Volumes/"${VOL_NAME}"/ /Volumes/"${VOL_NAME}"/.VolumeIcon.icns
diff --git a/app-template/package-template.json b/app-template/package-template.json
index 2ef5e1979..0148205a9 100644
--- a/app-template/package-template.json
+++ b/app-template/package-template.json
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@
     "ionic": "^2.1.0",
     "trash-cli": "^1.4.0",
     "lodash": "^4.3.0",
-    "fileicon": "^0.1.8",
     "pre-commit": "^1.1.3"
   },
   "pre-commit": "unstage-package"