diff --git a/plugins/graphiql/src/assets/graphiql.icon.svg b/plugins/graphiql/src/assets/graphiql.icon.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66aee7be5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/graphiql/src/assets/graphiql.icon.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+  <g id="surface1">
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 3.449219 18.160156 L 2.585938 17.660156 L 12.195312 1.019531 L 13.058594 1.515625 Z M 3.449219 18.160156 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 2.386719 16.332031 L 21.605469 16.332031 L 21.605469 17.328125 L 2.386719 17.328125 Z M 2.386719 16.332031 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 12.382812 22.441406 L 2.769531 16.890625 L 3.265625 16.027344 L 12.878906 21.578125 Z M 12.382812 22.441406 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 20.730469 7.976562 L 11.117188 2.425781 L 11.617188 1.5625 L 21.230469 7.113281 Z M 20.730469 7.976562 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 3.269531 7.972656 L 2.769531 7.109375 L 12.382812 1.558594 L 12.882812 2.421875 Z M 3.269531 7.972656 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 20.554688 18.160156 L 10.945312 1.515625 L 11.808594 1.019531 L 21.417969 17.660156 Z M 20.554688 18.160156 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 3.148438 6.449219 L 4.144531 6.449219 L 4.144531 17.550781 L 3.148438 17.550781 Z M 3.148438 6.449219 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 19.855469 6.449219 L 20.851562 6.449219 L 20.851562 17.550781 L 19.855469 17.550781 Z M 19.855469 6.449219 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 12.210938 22.019531 L 11.777344 21.265625 L 20.136719 16.441406 L 20.570312 17.191406 Z M 12.210938 22.019531 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 22.171875 17.875 C 21.59375 18.875 20.308594 19.21875 19.308594 18.640625 C 18.304688 18.066406 17.964844 16.78125 18.539062 15.78125 C 19.117188 14.777344 20.398438 14.4375 21.402344 15.011719 C 22.410156 15.59375 22.753906 16.871094 22.171875 17.875 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 5.453125 8.21875 C 4.878906 9.222656 3.59375 9.5625 2.59375 8.988281 C 1.589844 8.410156 1.246094 7.128906 1.824219 6.125 C 2.398438 5.125 3.683594 4.78125 4.6875 5.359375 C 5.6875 5.941406 6.03125 7.21875 5.453125 8.21875 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 1.828125 17.875 C 1.253906 16.871094 1.597656 15.59375 2.597656 15.011719 C 3.601562 14.4375 4.878906 14.777344 5.460938 15.78125 C 6.035156 16.78125 5.695312 18.058594 4.691406 18.640625 C 3.683594 19.21875 2.40625 18.875 1.828125 17.875 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 18.546875 8.21875 C 17.96875 7.21875 18.3125 5.941406 19.3125 5.359375 C 20.316406 4.78125 21.59375 5.125 22.175781 6.125 C 22.753906 7.128906 22.410156 8.40625 21.40625 8.988281 C 20.40625 9.5625 19.121094 9.222656 18.546875 8.21875 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 12 23.746094 C 10.84375 23.746094 9.90625 22.8125 9.90625 21.652344 C 9.90625 20.496094 10.84375 19.558594 12 19.558594 C 13.15625 19.558594 14.09375 20.496094 14.09375 21.652344 C 14.09375 22.804688 13.15625 23.746094 12 23.746094 "
+    />
+    <path
+      fill="#E535AB"
+      d="M 12 4.441406 C 10.84375 4.441406 9.90625 3.503906 9.90625 2.347656 C 9.90625 1.1875 10.84375 0.253906 12 0.253906 C 13.15625 0.253906 14.09375 1.1875 14.09375 2.347656 C 14.09375 3.503906 13.15625 4.441406 12 4.441406 "
+    />
+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/plugins/graphiql/src/route-refs.tsx b/plugins/graphiql/src/route-refs.tsx
index 5ddd81d55d..3e8d1d3a9c 100644
--- a/plugins/graphiql/src/route-refs.tsx
+++ b/plugins/graphiql/src/route-refs.tsx
@@ -14,76 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import React, { FC } from 'react';
 import { createRouteRef } from '@backstage/core';
-import { SvgIcon, SvgIconProps } from '@material-ui/core';
-
-const GraphiQLIcon: FC<SvgIconProps> = props => (
-  <SvgIcon {...props}>
-    <g id="surface1">
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 3.449219 18.160156 L 2.585938 17.660156 L 12.195312 1.019531 L 13.058594 1.515625 Z M 3.449219 18.160156 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 2.386719 16.332031 L 21.605469 16.332031 L 21.605469 17.328125 L 2.386719 17.328125 Z M 2.386719 16.332031 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 12.382812 22.441406 L 2.769531 16.890625 L 3.265625 16.027344 L 12.878906 21.578125 Z M 12.382812 22.441406 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 20.730469 7.976562 L 11.117188 2.425781 L 11.617188 1.5625 L 21.230469 7.113281 Z M 20.730469 7.976562 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 3.269531 7.972656 L 2.769531 7.109375 L 12.382812 1.558594 L 12.882812 2.421875 Z M 3.269531 7.972656 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 20.554688 18.160156 L 10.945312 1.515625 L 11.808594 1.019531 L 21.417969 17.660156 Z M 20.554688 18.160156 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 3.148438 6.449219 L 4.144531 6.449219 L 4.144531 17.550781 L 3.148438 17.550781 Z M 3.148438 6.449219 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 19.855469 6.449219 L 20.851562 6.449219 L 20.851562 17.550781 L 19.855469 17.550781 Z M 19.855469 6.449219 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 12.210938 22.019531 L 11.777344 21.265625 L 20.136719 16.441406 L 20.570312 17.191406 Z M 12.210938 22.019531 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 22.171875 17.875 C 21.59375 18.875 20.308594 19.21875 19.308594 18.640625 C 18.304688 18.066406 17.964844 16.78125 18.539062 15.78125 C 19.117188 14.777344 20.398438 14.4375 21.402344 15.011719 C 22.410156 15.59375 22.753906 16.871094 22.171875 17.875 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 5.453125 8.21875 C 4.878906 9.222656 3.59375 9.5625 2.59375 8.988281 C 1.589844 8.410156 1.246094 7.128906 1.824219 6.125 C 2.398438 5.125 3.683594 4.78125 4.6875 5.359375 C 5.6875 5.941406 6.03125 7.21875 5.453125 8.21875 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 1.828125 17.875 C 1.253906 16.871094 1.597656 15.59375 2.597656 15.011719 C 3.601562 14.4375 4.878906 14.777344 5.460938 15.78125 C 6.035156 16.78125 5.695312 18.058594 4.691406 18.640625 C 3.683594 19.21875 2.40625 18.875 1.828125 17.875 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 18.546875 8.21875 C 17.96875 7.21875 18.3125 5.941406 19.3125 5.359375 C 20.316406 4.78125 21.59375 5.125 22.175781 6.125 C 22.753906 7.128906 22.410156 8.40625 21.40625 8.988281 C 20.40625 9.5625 19.121094 9.222656 18.546875 8.21875 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 12 23.746094 C 10.84375 23.746094 9.90625 22.8125 9.90625 21.652344 C 9.90625 20.496094 10.84375 19.558594 12 19.558594 C 13.15625 19.558594 14.09375 20.496094 14.09375 21.652344 C 14.09375 22.804688 13.15625 23.746094 12 23.746094 "
-      />
-      <path
-        fill="#E535AB"
-        d="M 12 4.441406 C 10.84375 4.441406 9.90625 3.503906 9.90625 2.347656 C 9.90625 1.1875 10.84375 0.253906 12 0.253906 C 13.15625 0.253906 14.09375 1.1875 14.09375 2.347656 C 14.09375 3.503906 13.15625 4.441406 12 4.441406 "
-      />
-    </g>
-  </SvgIcon>
-);
+import GraphiQLIcon from './assets/graphiql.icon.svg';
 
 export const graphiQLRouteRef = createRouteRef({
   icon: GraphiQLIcon,