diff --git a/hack/templates/README.md.gotmpl b/hack/templates/README.md.gotmpl
index 28ca2f584..9b58b0018 100644
--- a/hack/templates/README.md.gotmpl
+++ b/hack/templates/README.md.gotmpl
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs](https://github.com/norwoodj/
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{ template "chart.header" . }}
-{{ template "custom.chart.icon" . -}}
+{{ template "custom.chart.icon" . }}
 
 {{ template "chart.versionBadge" . }}
 {{ template "chart.typeBadge" . }}
diff --git a/hack/templates/icon.gotmpl b/hack/templates/icon.gotmpl
index 28d09de47..d51c604d4 100644
--- a/hack/templates/icon.gotmpl
+++ b/hack/templates/icon.gotmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 {{- define "custom.chart.icon" -}}
-{{- $icon := "$ICON" -}}
-{{- if $icon -}}
-  <img src="{{ $icon }}" align="right" width="92" alt="{{ template "chart.name" . }} logo">
-
-{{ end -}}
+  {{- with "$ICON" -}}
+    <img src="{{ . }}" align="right" width="92" alt="{{ template "chart.name" $ }} logo">
+  {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}