diff --git a/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.tsx b/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.tsx
index 60cf06f9a6..084b75d804 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,57 @@ import type { LocationDescriptor } from "history";
 import { cssNames } from "../../utils";
 import { withTooltip } from "../tooltip";
 import isNumber from "lodash/isNumber";
-import { decode } from "../../../common/utils/base64";
+import Configuration from "./configuration.svg";
+import Crane from "./crane.svg";
+import Group from "./group.svg";
+import Helm from "./helm.svg";
+import Install from "./install.svg";
+import Kube from "./kube.svg";
+import LensLogo from "./lens-logo.svg";
+import License from "./license.svg";
+import LogoLens from "./logo-lens.svg";
+import Logout from "./logout.svg";
+import Nodes from "./nodes.svg";
+import PushOff from "./push_off.svg";
+import PushPin from "./push_pin.svg";
+import Spinner from "./spinner.svg";
+import Ssh from "./ssh.svg";
+import Storage from "./storage.svg";
+import Terminal from "./terminal.svg";
+import User from "./user.svg";
+import Users from "./users.svg";
+import Wheel from "./wheel.svg";
+import Workloads from "./workloads.svg";
+
+/**
+ * Mapping between the local file names and the svgs
+ *
+ * Because we only really want a fixed list of bundled icons, this is safer so that consumers of
+ * `<Icon>` cannot pass in a `../some/path`.
+ */
+const localSvgIcons = new Map([
+  ["configuration", Configuration],
+  ["crane", Crane],
+  ["group", Group],
+  ["helm", Helm],
+  ["install", Install],
+  ["kube", Kube],
+  ["lens-logo", LensLogo],
+  ["license", License],
+  ["logo-lens", LogoLens],
+  ["logout", Logout],
+  ["nodes", Nodes],
+  ["push_off", PushOff],
+  ["push_pin", PushPin],
+  ["spinner", Spinner],
+  ["ssh", Ssh],
+  ["storage", Storage],
+  ["terminal", Terminal],
+  ["user", User],
+  ["users", Users],
+  ["wheel", Wheel],
+  ["workloads", Workloads],
+]);
 
 export interface BaseIconProps {
    /**
@@ -21,7 +71,28 @@ export interface BaseIconProps {
   material?: string;
 
   /**
-   * Either an SVG data URL or one of the following strings
+   * Either an SVG XML or one of the following names
+   * - configuration
+   * - crane
+   * - group
+   * - helm
+   * - install
+   * - kube
+   * - lens-logo
+   * - license
+   * - logo-lens
+   * - logout
+   * - nodes
+   * - push_off
+   * - push_pin
+   * - spinner
+   * - ssh
+   * - storage
+   * - terminal
+   * - user
+   * - users
+   * - wheel
+   * - workloads
    */
   svg?: string;
 
@@ -78,8 +149,8 @@ export interface BaseIconProps {
 export interface IconProps extends React.HTMLAttributes<any>, BaseIconProps {}
 
 export function isSvg(content: string): boolean {
-  // data-url for raw svg-icon
-  return String(content).includes("svg+xml");
+  // source code of the asset
+  return String(content).includes("<svg");
 }
 
 const RawIcon = withTooltip((props: IconProps) => {
@@ -131,13 +202,16 @@ const RawIcon = withTooltip((props: IconProps) => {
 
   // render as inline svg-icon
   if (typeof svg === "string") {
-    const dataUrlPrefix = "data:image/svg+xml;base64,";
-    const svgIconDataUrl = svg.startsWith(dataUrlPrefix) ? svg : require(`./${svg}.svg`);
-    const svgIconText = typeof svgIconDataUrl == "string" // decode xml from data-url
-      ? decode(svgIconDataUrl.replace(dataUrlPrefix, ""))
-      : "";
+    const svgIconText = isSvg(svg)
+      ? svg
+      : localSvgIcons.get(svg) ?? "";
 
-    iconContent = <span className="icon" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: svgIconText }} />;
+    iconContent = (
+      <span
+        className="icon"
+        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: svgIconText }}
+      />
+    );
   }
 
   // render as material-icon
diff --git a/types/mocks.d.ts b/types/mocks.d.ts
index 17dba848b7..4d3e378937 100644
--- a/types/mocks.d.ts
+++ b/types/mocks.d.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ declare module "*.scss" {
 
 // Declare everything what's bundled as webpack's type="asset/resource"
 // Should be mocked for tests support in jestConfig.moduleNameMapper (currently in "/package.json")
-declare module "*.svg";
+declare module "*.svg" {
+  const content: string;
+  export = content;
+}
+
 declare module "*.jpg";
 declare module "*.png";
 declare module "*.eot";
diff --git a/webpack/renderer.ts b/webpack/renderer.ts
index bb38b284d4..c8c87e856f 100755
--- a/webpack/renderer.ts
+++ b/webpack/renderer.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export function iconsAndImagesWebpackRules(): webpack.RuleSetRule[] {
   return [
     {
       test: /\.svg$/,
-      type: "asset/inline", // data:image/svg+xml;base64,...
+      type: "asset/source", // exports the source code of the asset, so we get XML
     },
     {
       test: /\.(jpg|png|ico)$/,