diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index deb3798b0873b684979f228c98874786eafc2fc6..6506ad9817cf4ab279961240711e7bf18416909d 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ const nodeCachedDataDir = getNodeCachedDir();
 // Configure static command line arguments
 const argvConfig = configureCommandlineSwitchesSync(args);
 
+// Remove env set by snap https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/85344
+if (process.env['SNAP']) {
+	delete process.env['GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE'];
+	delete process.env['GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR'];
+}
+
 /**
  * Support user defined locale: load it early before app('ready')
  * to have more things running in parallel.