diff --git a/homeassistant/components/swiss_public_transport/icons.json b/homeassistant/components/swiss_public_transport/icons.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fac54b10809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/swiss_public_transport/icons.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "entity": {
+    "sensor": {
+      "departure": {
+        "default": "mdi:bus"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/swiss_public_transport/sensor.py b/homeassistant/components/swiss_public_transport/sensor.py
index ede2798f675..9b351af6ed4 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/swiss_public_transport/sensor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/swiss_public_transport/sensor.py
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ class SwissPublicTransportSensor(
     """Implementation of a Swiss public transport sensor."""
 
     _attr_attribution = "Data provided by transport.opendata.ch"
-    _attr_icon = "mdi:bus"
     _attr_has_entity_name = True
     _attr_translation_key = "departure"
     _attr_device_class = SensorDeviceClass.TIMESTAMP