---
title: "Breaking: #72400 - Removed deprecated IconUtility and SpriteManager"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-72400"
source: "Changelog/8.0/Breaking-72400-RemovedDeprecatedIconUtilityAndSpriteManager.rst"
typo3-version: "8.0"
typo3-major: 8
type: "breaking"
issue: 72400
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/72400"
tags: ["PHP-API", "Backend", "Frontend"]
rendered: "2026-09-19T12:12:50+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #72400 - Removed deprecated IconUtility and SpriteManager {#breaking-72400}

See [forge#72400](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/72400)

## Description {#description}

Removed deprecated IconUtility class completely.
All SpriteManager related code has been removed from the core.

The Install Tool option `BE/spriteIconGenerator_handler` has no effect anymore.

`Bootstrap::initializeSpriteManager()` has been removed.

## Impact {#impact}

Using the static class IconUtility or the SpriteManager will result in a fatal error.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

Instances which use custom calls to one of the above mentioned classes.

## Migration {#migration}

Use the new introduced IconAPI that is available since 7LTS.