Index: src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
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--- src/wp-admin/css/edit.css	(revision 36871)
+++ src/wp-admin/css/edit.css	(working copy)
@@ -835,18 +835,6 @@
 	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
 }
 
-.post-state-format:before,
-.post-format-icon:before {
-	color: #ddd;
-	-webkit-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
-	transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
-}
-
-a.post-state-format:hover:before,
-a.post-format-icon:hover:before {
-	color: #00a0d2;
-}
-
 #post-formats-select {
 	line-height: 2em;
 }