diff --git a/wp-admin/images/wpspin_dark.gif b/wp-admin/images/wpspin_dark.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index daebe0dbef..0000000000
Binary files a/wp-admin/images/wpspin_dark.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
index 490203f453..8e1704dd03 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ $_old_files = array(
 'wp-admin/images/white-grad.png',
 'wp-admin/images/widgets-arrow-vs.gif',
 'wp-admin/images/widgets-arrow.gif',
+'wp-admin/images/wpspin_dark.gif',
 'wp-includes/images/upload.png',
 // Don't delete, yet: 'wp-admin/images/media-button-music.gif',
 // Don't delete, yet: 'wp-admin/images/media-button-other.gif',
diff --git a/wp-admin/widgets.php b/wp-admin/widgets.php
index 0b623141d9..a0fe1fee4b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/widgets.php
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ foreach ( $wp_registered_sidebars as $sidebar => $registered_sidebar ) {
 	<div class="sidebar-name">
 	<div class="sidebar-name-arrow"><br /></div>
 	<h3><?php echo esc_html( $registered_sidebar['name'] ); ?>
-	<span><img src="<?php echo esc_url( admin_url( 'images/wpspin_dark.gif' ) ); ?>" class="ajax-feedback" title="" alt="" /></span></h3></div>
+	<span><img src="<?php echo esc_url( admin_url( 'images/wpspin_light.gif' ) ); ?>" class="ajax-feedback" title="" alt="" /></span></h3></div>
 	<?php wp_list_widget_controls( $sidebar ); // Show the control forms for each of the widgets in this sidebar ?>
 	</div>
 <?php