diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/post-gutter.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/post-gutter.js.es6
index cb80320d93d..6f263277d52 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/post-gutter.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/post-gutter.js.es6
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ export default Em.Component.extend({
             clicks = Em.get(l, 'clicks');
 
         buffer.push("<li><a href='" + Em.get(l, 'url') + "' class='track-link'>");
-        /* suppress right arrow as it is the common, expected case */
-        if (direction == 'left') {
-          buffer.push("<i class='fa fa-arrow-" + direction + "'></i>");
-        }
+        /* suppress both left and right arrow for now */
         var title = Em.get(l, 'title');
         if (!Em.isEmpty(title)) {
           buffer.push(Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(title));
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
index be4f7f25ca3..c3564c29a8c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ blockquote > *:last-child {
       margin-top: -2px;
       margin-left: -17px;
     }
-    a.track-link {color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 50%);}
+    
     a.toggle-more {
       display: block;
       text-align: right;