A statue of the Duke of Wellington will not be given a 6ft lift to stop traffic cones being placed on his head after a successful public campaign.
The council had planned to spend £65,000 elevating the 1844 statue to end the cone-heading practice, which it said gave a "depressing" image of Glasgow.
However, 10,000 people signed an online petition saying the monument's cone had become a part of the city's landscape.
The statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art in Royal Exchange Square was sculpted by Italian artist Carlo Marochetti and erected in 1844 to mark the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.
Over the years it has been a rite of passage for many a student to place an orange traffic cone on Wellington's head, making it a near-permanent feature of the statue.
The Duke sporting a striped cone in the snow According to the council, the cost of removing the cone each time is £100.
The petition, organised by Donna Yates and Gavin Doig, said: "The cone on Wellington's head is an iconic part of Glasgow's heritage, and means far more to the people of Glasgow and to visitors than Wellington himself ever has."
A council spokesman said the leader of the council had instructed officers to withdraw the planning application.
Writing on the petition, supporter Jennie Kermode wrote: "As a regular writer of tourist brochures, I note that much of what attracts visitors to Glasgow is the humour of its people.
"This is not something the council should be ashamed of."
Lara Davis wrote: "The cone is more of a symbol of the defiant, fun spirit which Glasgow has always embodied and for which it's renowned throughout the world."
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