diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/VideoDetailFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/VideoDetailFragment.java
index 56e8f6d92..4e81101db 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/VideoDetailFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/detail/VideoDetailFragment.java
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ public final class VideoDetailFragment
                                    @Nullable final String thumbnailUrl) {
         binding.overlayTitleTextView.setText(isEmpty(overlayTitle) ? "" : overlayTitle);
         binding.overlayChannelTextView.setText(isEmpty(uploader) ? "" : uploader);
-        binding.overlayThumbnail.setImageResource(R.drawable.dummy_thumbnail_dark);
+        binding.overlayThumbnail.setImageDrawable(null);
         PicassoHelper.loadDetailsThumbnail(thumbnailUrl).tag(PICASSO_VIDEO_DETAILS_TAG)
                 .into(binding.overlayThumbnail);
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/dummy_thumbnail_dark.bmp b/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/dummy_thumbnail_dark.bmp
deleted file mode 100644
index f16e2a2bf..000000000
Binary files a/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/dummy_thumbnail_dark.bmp and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_video_detail.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_video_detail.xml
index 49b6a807c..137dafee2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_video_detail.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_video_detail.xml
@@ -618,8 +618,7 @@
             android:gravity="center_vertical"
             android:paddingLeft="@dimen/video_item_search_padding"
             android:paddingRight="@dimen/video_item_search_padding"
-            android:scaleType="fitCenter"
-            android:src="@drawable/dummy_thumbnail" />
+            android:scaleType="fitCenter" />
 
         <LinearLayout
             android:id="@+id/overlay_metadata_layout"