1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/helpers/icons_helper.rb b/app/helpers/icons_helper.rb
index b79766e3a65..cacb4113cb2 100644
--- a/app/helpers/icons_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/icons_helper.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module IconsHelper
   end
 
   def sprite_icon(icon_name, size: nil, css_class: nil)
-    unless known_sprites.include?(icon_name)
+    if known_sprites&.exclude?(icon_name)
       exception = ArgumentError.new("#{icon_name} is not a known icon in @gitlab-org/gitlab-svg")
       Gitlab::Sentry.track_and_raise_for_dev_exception(exception)
     end
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ module IconsHelper
   private
 
   def known_sprites
+    return if Rails.env.production?
+
     @known_sprites ||= JSON.parse(File.read(Rails.root.join('node_modules/@gitlab/svgs/dist/icons.json')))['icons']
   end
 end