diff --git a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Templating/Helper/GravatarHelper.php b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Templating/Helper/GravatarHelper.php
index 72ab6dbbe72..94e894f6505 100644
--- a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Templating/Helper/GravatarHelper.php
+++ b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Templating/Helper/GravatarHelper.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public function getImage($email, $size = '250', $default = null)
 
         $default = (false !== strpos($default, '.') && 0 !== strpos($default, 'http')) ? UrlHelper::rel2abs($default) : $default;
 
-        return $url.('&d='.urlencode($default));
+        return $default;
     }
 
     /**