diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_linux.txt b/.github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_linux.txt
index 83aa7abb0..6eaafbafb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_linux.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_linux.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 .github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_macOS.txt
 osx/*
 plover/oslayer/log_osx.py
-plover/oslayer/log_plyer.py
 plover/oslayer/osxkeyboardcontrol.py
 plover/oslayer/osxkeyboardlayout.py
 plover/oslayer/winkeyboardcontrol.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_macos.txt b/.github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_macos.txt
index 0c7370db7..e571846b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_macos.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_macos.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 .github/workflows/ci/skiplist_os_Windows.txt
 linux/*
 plover/oslayer/log_dbus.py
-plover/oslayer/log_plyer.py
 plover/oslayer/winkeyboardcontrol.py
 plover/oslayer/winkeyboardlayout.py
 plover/oslayer/xkeyboardcontrol.py
diff --git a/news.d/bugfix/1508.windows.md b/news.d/bugfix/1508.windows.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0233567ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news.d/bugfix/1508.windows.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix notifications behavior: no persistent duplicated icons (one for each notification).
diff --git a/plover/log.py b/plover/log.py
index 6d32555e1..23a38dc3b 100644
--- a/plover/log.py
+++ b/plover/log.py
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ def setup_platform_handler(self):
             elif PLATFORM == 'mac':
                 from plover.oslayer.log_osx import OSXNotificationHandler
                 handler_class = OSXNotificationHandler
-            elif PLATFORM == 'win':
-                from plover.oslayer.log_plyer import PlyerNotificationHandler
-                handler_class = PlyerNotificationHandler
         except Exception:
             self.info('could not import platform gui log', exc_info=True)
         if handler_class is None:
diff --git a/plover/oslayer/log_plyer.py b/plover/oslayer/log_plyer.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c26aa874c..000000000
--- a/plover/oslayer/log_plyer.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import logging
-
-from plyer import notification
-
-from plover import log, __name__ as __software_name__
-from plover.oslayer.config import ASSETS_DIR, PLATFORM
-
-
-APPNAME = __software_name__.capitalize()
-
-if PLATFORM == 'win':
-    APPICON = os.path.join(ASSETS_DIR, 'plover.ico')
-else:
-    APPICON = os.path.join(ASSETS_DIR, 'plover_32x32.png')
-
-
-class PlyerNotificationHandler(logging.Handler):
-    """ Handler using Plyer's notifications to show messages. """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.setLevel(log.WARNING)
-        self.setFormatter(log.NoExceptionTracebackFormatter('%(levelname)s: %(message)s'))
-
-    def emit(self, record):
-        level = record.levelno
-        message = self.format(record)
-        if message.endswith('\n'):
-            message = message[:-1]
-        if level <= log.INFO:
-            timeout = 10
-        elif level <= log.WARNING:
-            timeout = 15
-        else:
-            timeout = 60
-        notification.notify(
-            app_name=APPNAME,
-            app_icon=APPICON,
-            title=APPNAME,
-            message=message,
-            timeout=timeout,
-        )
diff --git a/reqs/constraints.txt b/reqs/constraints.txt
index 81fc30811..a4020b081 100644
--- a/reqs/constraints.txt
+++ b/reqs/constraints.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ plover-plugins-manager==0.7.0
 plover-stroke==1.0.1
 plover-treal==1.0.1
 pluggy==1.0.0
-plyer==2.0.0
 py==1.10.0
 pycparser==2.20
 Pygments==2.10.0
diff --git a/reqs/dist_extra_log.txt b/reqs/dist_extra_log.txt
index d88145ee5..a33dea78d 100644
--- a/reqs/dist_extra_log.txt
+++ b/reqs/dist_extra_log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 dbus-python>=1.2.4; "linux" in sys_platform
-plyer>=1.3.1; "win32" in sys_platform
 
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