diff --git a/website/api/views.py b/website/api/views.py
index 4006ad485..342e8749c 100644
--- a/website/api/views.py
+++ b/website/api/views.py
@@ -683,14 +683,6 @@ def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
             project_instance = serializer.save()
             project_instance.__setattr__("slug", slug)
 
-            # If the logo is not provided get the logo from the repo itself
-            if project_instance.logo == "":
-                logo = project_instance.get_github_logo_save_to_storage(project_instance.github_url)
-                if logo:
-                    project_instance.logo = logo
-
-            project_instance.save()
-
             # Set contributors
             if contributors:
                 project_instance.contributors.set(contributors)
diff --git a/website/migrations/0100_remove_project_logo_project_logo_url.py b/website/migrations/0100_remove_project_logo_project_logo_url.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24fbc9450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/migrations/0100_remove_project_logo_project_logo_url.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.7 on 2024-08-02 14:29
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("website", "0099_winner_prize_winner_prize_amount"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="project",
+            name="logo",
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="project",
+            name="logo_url",
+            field=models.URLField(default=""),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/website/models.py b/website/models.py
index 58e970a00..26420e47d 100644
--- a/website/models.py
+++ b/website/models.py
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ class Project(models.Model):
     github_url = models.URLField()
     wiki_url = models.URLField(null=True, blank=True)
     homepage_url = models.URLField(null=True, blank=True)
-    logo = models.ImageField(upload_to="project_logos", null=True, blank=True)
+    logo_url = models.URLField()
     created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
     contributors = models.ManyToManyField(
@@ -711,18 +711,6 @@ class Project(models.Model):
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
 
-    def get_github_logo_save_to_storage(self, url):
-        owner = url.split("/")
-        link = "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/" + owner[-2]
-        github_logo = requests.get(
-            link
-        )  # the image there is of the owner so we will have this as the logo
-        if github_logo.status_code == 200:
-            file_name = f"{self.slug}.png"
-            self.logo.save(file_name, ContentFile(github_logo.content), save=False)
-            return self.logo
-        return None
-
     def get_contributors(self, github_url):
         owner = github_url.split("/")
         url = "https://api.github.com/repos/" + owner[-2] + "/" + owner[-1] + "/contributors"