diff --git a/src/public/app/services/note_content_renderer.js b/src/public/app/services/note_content_renderer.js
index 07bd6a8b3..771f860b7 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/note_content_renderer.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/note_content_renderer.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import openService from "./open.js";
 import froca from "./froca.js";
 import utils from "./utils.js";
 import linkService from "./link.js";
-import errorSvg from "../widgets/type_widgets/canvas-utils/errorSvg.js";
 
 let idCounter = 1;
 
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ async function getRenderedContent(note, options = {}) {
         const content = noteComplement.content || "";
 
         try {
-            const placeHolderSVG = errorSvg;
+            const placeHolderSVG = "<svg />";
             const data = JSON.parse(content)
             const svg = data.svg || placeHolderSVG;
             /**
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/canvas-utils/errorSvg.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/canvas-utils/errorSvg.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 80b40dae9..000000000
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/canvas-utils/errorSvg.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * used a placeholder, when svg parsing fails
- */
-const erorrSvg = `<svg viewBox="0 0 240 80" style="background-color: white" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-<style>.red { font: 12px serif; fill: red; }</style>
-<text x="20" y="35" class="red">
-Error: note svg is undefined or empty
-</text>
-</svg>`;
-
-export default erorrSvg;