diff --git a/wp-admin/css/edit.css b/wp-admin/css/edit.css
index bc1ce3d0c3..f92163c8bb 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/edit.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/edit.css
@@ -859,85 +859,6 @@ span.wp-media-buttons-icon:before {
 	display: none;
 }
 
-/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  11.4 - Post formats
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-.post-format-icon::before {
-	display: inline-block;
-	vertical-align: middle;
-	height: 20px;
-	width: 20px;
-	margin-top: -4px;
-	margin-right: 7px;
-	color: #ddd;
-	font: normal 20px/1 dashicons;
-	speak: none;
-	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
-}
-
-a.post-format-icon:hover:before {
-	color: #00a0d2;
-}
-
-#post-formats-select {
-	line-height: 2em;
-}
-
-#post-formats-select .post-format-icon::before {
-	top: 5px;
-}
-
-input.post-format {
-	margin-top: 1px;
-}
-
-label.post-format-icon {
-	margin-left: 0;
-	padding: 2px 0;
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-standard::before {
-	content: "\f109";
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-image::before {
-	content: "\f128";
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-gallery::before {
-	content: "\f161";
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-audio::before {
-	content: "\f127";
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-video::before {
-	content: "\f126";
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-chat::before {
-	content: "\f125";
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-status::before {
-	content: "\f130";
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-aside::before {
-	content: "\f123";
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-quote::before {
-	content: "\f122";
-}
-
-.post-format-icon.post-format-link::before {
-	content: "\f103";
-}
-
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   12.0 - Categories
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
index b6dac84bc8..717e84fb9a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
@@ -1004,15 +1004,11 @@ class WP_Posts_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 		$pad = str_repeat( '— ', $this->current_level );
 		echo '<strong>';
 
-		$format         = get_post_format( $post->ID );
-		$format_classes = ( $format ) ? 'post-format-icon post-format-' . esc_attr( $format ) : '';
-
 		$title = _draft_or_post_title();
 
 		if ( $can_edit_post && $post->post_status != 'trash' ) {
 			printf(
-				'<a class="row-title %s" href="%s" aria-label="%s">%s%s</a>',
-				$format_classes,
+				'<a class="row-title" href="%s" aria-label="%s">%s%s</a>',
 				get_edit_post_link( $post->ID ),
 				/* translators: %s: post title */
 				esc_attr( sprintf( __( '&#8220;%s&#8221; (Edit)' ), $title ) ),
@@ -1021,8 +1017,7 @@ class WP_Posts_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			);
 		} else {
 			printf(
-				'<span class="%s">%s%s</span>',
-				$format_classes,
+				'<span>%s%s</span>',
 				$pad,
 				$title
 			);