diff --git a/lib/private/Avatar/Avatar.php b/lib/private/Avatar/Avatar.php
index 9b9220936eb02..791cb8b2e7f07 100644
--- a/lib/private/Avatar/Avatar.php
+++ b/lib/private/Avatar/Avatar.php
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ protected function generateAvatarFromSvg(int $size, bool $darkTheme): ?string {
 			$avatar = new Imagick();
 			$avatar->setFont($font);
 			$avatar->readImageBlob($svg);
-			$avatar->setImageFormat('png');
+			// Disabled since it breaks avatar generation on some instances
+			// $avatar->setImageFormat('png');
 			$image = new \OCP\Image();
 			$image->loadFromData((string)$avatar);
 			return $image->data();