diff --git a/src/art/wxvbam.xpm b/src/art/wxvbam.xpm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d078677e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/art/wxvbam.xpm
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/* XPM */
+static char *wxvbam[] = {
+/* columns rows colors chars-per-pixel */
+"32 32 147 2 ",
+"   c #1C292D",
+".  c #1F2B31",
+"X  c #232C36",
+"o  c #232C38",
+"O  c #2B313B",
+"+  c #24194B",
+"@  c #2D1F5D",
+"#  c #2B2F44",
+"$  c #2B3444",
+"%  c #393E47",
+"&  c #32344C",
+"*  c #333451",
+"=  c #302161",
+"-  c #36266E",
+";  c #3F3860",
+":  c #382771",
+">  c #3A2972",
+",  c #403B62",
+"<  c #402F76",
+"1  c #402D79",
+"2  c #493377",
+"3  c #443479",
+"4  c #4C357D",
+"5  c #4F387F",
+"6  c #3D4356",
+"7  c #32455F",
+"8  c #364762",
+"9  c #374862",
+"0  c #384863",
+"q  c #324C6E",
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+"e  c #3B5374",
+"r  c #3F5679",
+"t  c #40444D",
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+"u  c #4A4C56",
+"i  c #494367",
+"p  c #4D486B",
+"a  c #524C6F",
+"s  c #47546C",
+"d  c #555660",
+"f  c #575962",
+"g  c #574D76",
+"h  c #445B7C",
+"j  c #66547F",
+"k  c #5F6169",
+"l  c #6B6770",
+"z  c #523B86",
+"x  c #543B8F",
+"c  c #593F89",
+"v  c #573D93",
+"b  c #593D96",
+"n  c #396AA8",
+"m  c #554580",
+"M  c #584984",
+"N  c #57438B",
+"B  c #5A448C",
+"V  c #5D4B8D",
+"C  c #495F80",
+"Z  c #5E5081",
+"A  c #5F409C",
+"S  c #635180",
+"D  c #6E5B8F",
+"F  c #65479E",
+"G  c #684A9E",
+"H  c #68519D",
+"J  c #755F95",
+"K  c #735F9C",
+"L  c #4D6282",
+"P  c #506585",
+"I  c #72608D",
+"U  c #797087",
+"Y  c #7D7489",
+"T  c #74639D",
+"R  c #7E689E",
+"E  c #756596",
+"W  c #6646A4",
+"Q  c #6648A2",
+"!  c #6A4BA5",
+"~  c #6D4BAA",
+"^  c #714DAF",
+"/  c #6E54A2",
+"(  c #7154A3",
+")  c #7558A6",
+"_  c #7656AC",
+"`  c #7C5FAD",
+"'  c #714DB1",
+"]  c #7552B1",
+"[  c #7956B3",
+"{  c #7D5BB4",
+"}  c #4171AD",
+"|  c #4C7BB5",
+" . c #7E6BA5",
+".. c #7C64AD",
+"X. c #7E61B2",
+"o. c #857996",
+"O. c #805FB5",
+"+. c #806EA2",
+"@. c #8165AD",
+"#. c #866EAD",
+"$. c #8470A1",
+"%. c #8C79A7",
+"&. c #8371AA",
+"*. c #8875AE",
+"=. c #8363B6",
+"-. c #856BB4",
+";. c #8A6CB5",
+":. c #8465BA",
+">. c #8668BC",
+",. c #8C6CBA",
+"<. c #8D7BB2",
+"1. c #8C71BB",
+"2. c #9376BE",
+"3. c #937EBE",
+"4. c #8F72C0",
+"5. c #9276C2",
+"6. c #957AC2",
+"7. c #5685BC",
+"8. c #5E8CC1",
+"9. c #6593C6",
+"0. c #6C99CB",
+"q. c #9D9BA2",
+"w. c #9580BB",
+"e. c #9984BE",
+"r. c #A09EA5",
+"t. c #A29BAD",
+"y. c #A392BE",
+"u. c #ACA8B3",
+"i. c #ABA2BB",
+"p. c #B5B9B2",
+"a. c #9C85C5",
+"s. c #9E8AC0",
+"d. c #A08DC1",
+"f. c #A58BC8",
+"g. c #AA96C7",
+"h. c #AC94CC",
+"j. c #AE9CCB",
+"k. c #B09ECD",
+"l. c #B8B1C4",
+"z. c #B7A5D2",
+"x. c #B8A6D3",
+"c. c #BDAAD6",
+"v. c #BFACD8",
+"b. c #C3C4C4",
+"n. c #C5C8C7",
+"m. c #D3D7CF",
+"M. c None",
+/* pixels */
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+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.: : - - - - : - - - - > M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.m.m.m.b.3 V d.z.z.j.k.z.x.k.x.x.x.s.V 3 n.m.m.m.m.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.: : : : : - <.c.f.2.2.1.@.N 2...;.2.2.f.c.*.: - - - - > M.M.",
+"M.3 j.v.c.c.v.v.g.a O . . .             . O p g.c.v.c.c.c.e.< M.",
+"M.T h.1.;.,.,.,.g $ 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 8 9 9 8 $ Z #.K ) ) =.h.T M.",
+"M. .f.+.t.+.,.,.$ w n n n n n n n n n n n n q i  .K / ( =.3.X.M.",
+"- &.%.o.m.U J =.o s n } } } n } } n } } n } e & =.=.=.=.l.b.=.- ",
+"- &.u.m.m.m.q.` . r | | | | | | | | | | | | r X { ;.y.=.i.b.O.- ",
+": <.$.Y m.l S O.  h | | | | | | | | 7.| | | h . { i.p.e.{ O.{ 1 ",
+": w.,.D r.S O.O.  h 7.7.7.7.8.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.h   { ;.g.{ [ { 1.> ",
+": e.=.{ _ [ { {   C 8.8.8.8.8.8.7.7.9.7.8.8.L . ] ] ] G B [ 6.: ",
+": a.O.] F ! / _   L 9.9.9.9.9.9.0.9.9.0.9.9.L   ] c 4 2 z ] 6.: ",
+": a.[ _ Q F T I   L 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.L   ^ 4 2 4 5 ' 6.: ",
+": a.[ ~ v x E +.  6 s s s s s s s s s s s s 6   ^ 2 4 2 A ] 2.- ",
+": -.>.] ] ' ! ! * X O O 6 k f k d y u % O O o & ' b W ~ ] =.X.: ",
+"M.3 ..1.6.6.6.4.:.M , * # .   .     o # * * m =.>.4.5.6.1...> M.",
+"M.M.: - - - : z H X.1.5.6.6.6.1.1.6.6.6.6.5.:./ N < : : - : M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.@ - - - - - : > > > : - : : - = + M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.",
+"M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M.M."
+};
diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index d1c05c72..c0f50621 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,20 +69,9 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 # external deps
 file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../art/vbam.png DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../art/wxvbam.xpm DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 SET(WX_APP_ICON ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/vbam.png)
 
-# Convert to xpm using ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org)
-# not executed on win32
-IF( NOT WIN32 )
-    FIND_PACKAGE(ImageMagick REQUIRED convert)
-    ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT wxvbam.xpm
-		       COMMAND ${ImageMagick_convert_EXECUTABLE} ${WX_APP_ICON} wxvbam.xpm
-		       # following is done using #define in wxvbam.cpp
-		       # so there is no dependency on sed
-#		       COMMAND sed -i 's/wxvbam\\[/wxvbam_xpm[/;s/char \\*/const char */' wxvbam.xpm
-		       )
-ENDIF( NOT WIN32 )
-
 # wxrc does not support xrs files in -c output (> 10x compression)
 # so do it manually using slow but portable bin2c.cmake script
 ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT wxvbam.xrs