diff --git a/kallithea/public/css/contextbar.css b/kallithea/public/css/contextbar.css
--- a/kallithea/public/css/contextbar.css
+++ b/kallithea/public/css/contextbar.css
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 i.icon-ellipsis-horizontal:after { content: ' ...';}
 i.icon-git { background-image: url('../images/icons/giticon.png');}
-i.icon-hg { background-image: url('../images/icons/hgicon.png');}
 i.icon-disabled { background-image: url('../images/icons/shading.png');} /* todo: use instead of minus sign */
 
 i[class^='icon-'] {
diff --git a/kallithea/public/css/style.css b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
--- a/kallithea/public/css/style.css
+++ b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
@@ -501,13 +501,6 @@ div.header img {
     margin: 0px 2px 0px 2px;
 }
 
-#header #header-inner #quick li ul li a.hg,
-#header #header-inner #quick li ul li a.hg:hover {
-    background-image: url("../images/icons/hgicon.png");
-    padding-left: 42px;
-    background-position: 20px 9px;
-}
-
 #header #header-inner #quick li ul li a.git,
 #header #header-inner #quick li ul li a.git:hover {
     background-image: url("../images/icons/giticon.png");
diff --git a/kallithea/public/images/icons/hgicon.png b/kallithea/public/images/icons/hgicon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 60effbc5e613d8c8a6f1418853ded6aa4e599671..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
GIT binary patch
literal 0
Hc$@<O00001

diff --git a/kallithea/templates/base/base.html b/kallithea/templates/base/base.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/base/base.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/base/base.html
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   <div id="context-bar" class="box">
       <h2>
         %if h.is_hg(c.db_repo):
-          <i class="icon-hg" style="color: #576622; font-size: 24px"></i>
+          <span class="repotag">hg</span>
         %endif
         %if h.is_git(c.db_repo):
           <i class="icon-git" style="color: #e85634; font-size: 24px"></i>
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
             if(obj_dict && state.type == 'repo'){
                 tmpl += '<span class="repo-icons">';
                 if(obj_dict['repo_type'] === 'hg'){
-                    tmpl += '<i class="icon-hg"></i> ';
+                    tmpl += '<span class="repotag">hg</span> ';
                 }
                 else if(obj_dict['repo_type'] === 'git'){
                     tmpl += '<i class="icon-git"></i> ';
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/data_table/_dt_elements.html b/kallithea/templates/data_table/_dt_elements.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/data_table/_dt_elements.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/data_table/_dt_elements.html
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
     ##TYPE OF REPO
     %if h.is_hg(rtype):
-        <span title="${_('Mercurial repository')}"><i class="icon-hg" style="color: #576622; font-size: 14px;"></i></span>
+        <span class="repotag" title="${_('Mercurial repository')}">hg</span>
     %elif h.is_git(rtype):
         <span title="${_('Git repository')}"><i class="icon-git" style="color: #e85634; font-size: 14px;"></i></span>
     %endif
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_summary.py b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_summary.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_summary.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_summary.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class TestSummaryController(TestControll
 
         #repo type
         response.mustcontain(
-            """<i class="icon-hg" """
+            """<span class="repotag">hg"""
         )
         #public/private
         response.mustcontain(
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class TestSummaryController(TestControll
 
         #repo type
         response.mustcontain(
-            """<i class="icon-hg" """
+            """<span class="repotag">hg"""
         )
         #public/private
         response.mustcontain(