diff --git a/synapse/handlers/register.py b/synapse/handlers/register.py
index 19df5aa852..baf7c14e40 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/register.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/register.py
@@ -132,25 +132,9 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
raise RegistrationError(
500, "Cannot generate user ID.")
- # create a default avatar for the user
- # XXX: ideally clients would explicitly specify one, but given they don't
- # and we want consistent and pretty identicons for random users, we'll
- # do it here.
- try:
- auth_user = UserID.from_string(user_id)
- media_repository = self.hs.get_resource_for_media_repository()
- identicon_resource = media_repository.getChildWithDefault("identicon", None)
- upload_resource = media_repository.getChildWithDefault("upload", None)
- identicon_bytes = identicon_resource.generate_identicon(user_id, 320, 320)
- content_uri = yield upload_resource.create_content(
- "image/png", None, identicon_bytes, len(identicon_bytes), auth_user
- )
- profile_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().profile_handler
- profile_handler.set_avatar_url(
- auth_user, auth_user, ("%s#auto" % (content_uri,))
- )
- except NotImplementedError:
- pass # make tests pass without messing around creating default avatars
+ # We used to generate default identicons here, but nowadays
+ # we want clients to generate their own as part of their branding
+ # rather than there being consistent matrix-wide ones, so we don't.
defer.returnValue((user_id, token))
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