diff --git a/scripts/sync-android-sources.sh b/scripts/sync-android-sources.sh
index 1f40be6..c1f3d4a 100755
--- a/scripts/sync-android-sources.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync-android-sources.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ if [ -d "$RES_SRC" ]; then
         cp "$dir"/* "$RES_DST/$name/"
         echo "  Copied res: $name"
     done
+    # We ship only the color adaptive icon (background + foreground). Drop any
+    # monochrome layer Tauri may generate: the themed-icon monochrome doesn't
+    # render well, and our adaptive-icon xml no longer references it, so a stray
+    # ic_launcher_monochrome.png would just be dead weight.
+    rm -f "$RES_DST"/mipmap-*/ic_launcher_monochrome.png
 fi
 
 echo "✓ Android sources synced successfully"
diff --git a/src-tauri/android/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher.xml b/src-tauri/android/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher.xml
index 345888d..fcd3a1e 100644
--- a/src-tauri/android/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher.xml
+++ b/src-tauri/android/src/main/res/mipmap-anydpi-v26/ic_launcher.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 <adaptive-icon xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
   <background android:drawable="@mipmap/ic_launcher_background"/>
   <foreground android:drawable="@mipmap/ic_launcher_foreground"/>
-  <monochrome android:drawable="@mipmap/ic_launcher_monochrome"/>
 </adaptive-icon>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src-tauri/android/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher_monochrome.png b/src-tauri/android/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher_monochrome.png
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