diff --git a/gtk+/gtk+/gtk+-conf.in b/gtk+/gtk+/gtk+-conf.in
index abef44892..ebd00417f 100644
--- a/gtk+/gtk+/gtk+-conf.in
+++ b/gtk+/gtk+/gtk+-conf.in
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ var_append confopt " " "--disable-gtktest"
 #flistdel="$flistdel|${sysconfdir#/}/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders"
 
 # exclude files generated by gtk-update-icon-cache
-flistdel="$flistdel|$prefix/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache"
-# exclude hicolor directory
+flistdel="$flistdel|$prefix/share/icons/.*/icon-theme.cache"
+# exclude icon directories
 var_append flistdel '|' "$prefix/share/icons/hicolor$"
+var_append flistdel '|' "$prefix/share/icons/HighContrastLargePrintInverse$"
 
 # include sub-package definitions
 . $base/package/*/glib/glib-conf.in