diff --git a/src/metadata.cpp b/src/metadata.cpp
index 216c7d7c..de42dce8 100644
--- a/src/metadata.cpp
+++ b/src/metadata.cpp
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ const bool OPTIONAL  = false;
 const std::string LANGS_REGEXP = "\\w{3}(,\\w{3})*";
 const std::string DATE_REGEXP = R"(\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d)";
 
-// PNG regexp has to be defined in such a tricky way because it includes
-// a NUL character
-const char PNG_REGEXP_DATA[] =  "^\x89\x50\x4e\x47\x0d\x0a\x1a\x0a(.|\\s|\0)+";
-const std::string PNG_REGEXP(PNG_REGEXP_DATA, sizeof(PNG_REGEXP_DATA)-1);
-
 bool matchRegex(const std::string& regexStr, const std::string& text)
 {
   const std::regex regex(regexStr);
diff --git a/src/metadata_constraints.cpp b/src/metadata_constraints.cpp
index 48c8e1c4..fc0985d3 100644
--- a/src/metadata_constraints.cpp
+++ b/src/metadata_constraints.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const Metadata::ReservedMetadataTable reservedMetadataInfoTable = {
     MANDATORY,
     0, // There are no constraints on the illustration metadata size
     0, // in order to avoid decoding it as UTF-8 encoded text
-    PNG_REGEXP
+    ""
   },
 };
 
@@ -30,3 +30,27 @@ METADATA_ASSERT("LongDescription shouldn't be shorter than Description")
   return !data.has("LongDescription")
       || data["LongDescription"].size() >= data["Description"].size();
 }
+
+METADATA_ASSERT("Illustration must exist and be a 48x48 PNG file")
+{
+  if (!data.has("Illustration_48x48@1")) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const std::string& illustration = data["Illustration_48x48@1"];
+
+  if (illustration.length() >= 24) {
+    if (!(illustration.substr(0, 8) == "\x89\x50\x4e\x47\x0d\x0a\x1a\x0a")) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // In PNG file, 16-20 is width and 20-24 is height in big endian order.
+  const std::string png48x48 = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x30, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x30};
+
+  if (illustration.substr(16, 8) != png48x48) {
+    return false;
+  };
+
+  return true;
+}