diff --git a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
index c57fb7a5a9..ce4b66abe9 100644
--- a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ class WP_Widget_RSS extends WP_Widget {
 		$url = esc_url(strip_tags($url));
 		$icon = includes_url('images/rss.png');
 		if ( $title )
-			$title = "<a class='rsswidget' href='$url' title='" . esc_attr(__('Syndicate this content')) ."'><img style='background:orange;color:white;border:none;' width='14' height='14' src='$icon' alt='RSS' /></a> <a class='rsswidget' href='$link' title='$desc'>$title</a>";
+			$title = "<a class='rsswidget' href='$url' title='" . esc_attr__( 'Syndicate this content' ) ."'><img style='border:0' width='14' height='14' src='$icon' alt='RSS' /></a> <a class='rsswidget' href='$link' title='$desc'>$title</a>";
 
 		echo $before_widget;
 		if ( $title )