diff --git a/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php b/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
index 47ec5d54e8..a9f3ec872d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
+++ b/wp-admin/gears-manifest.php
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ header( 'Content-Type: application/x-javascript; charset=UTF-8' );
 { "url" : "images/fav-arrow-rtl.png" },
 { "url" : "images/fav-bottom.png" },
 { "url" : "images/fav-top.png" },
-{ "url" : "images/gear.png" },
 { "url" : "images/gray-grad.png" },
 { "url" : "images/list.gif" },
 { "url" : "images/gear.png" },
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/gear.png b/wp-admin/images/gear.png
deleted file mode 100644
index f7ac7f4029..0000000000
Binary files a/wp-admin/images/gear.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/generic.png b/wp-admin/images/generic.png
index 8d4bb27ee7..3bcbc04f6a 100644
Binary files a/wp-admin/images/generic.png and b/wp-admin/images/generic.png differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 349fa728df..2a55a8c5bf 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -942,12 +942,12 @@ a#view-site-link {
 	float: left;
 	width: 28px;
 	height: 28px;
-	cursor: pointer;
 }
 
 #adminmenu li {
 	margin: 0;
 	padding: 0;
+	cursor: pointer;
 }
 
 #adminmenu a {
@@ -1037,6 +1037,14 @@ a#view-site-link {
 #adminmenu img.wp-menu-image {
 	float: left;
 	padding: 8px 6px 0;
+	opacity: 0.6;
+	filter: alpha(opacity=60);
+}
+
+#adminmenu li.menu-top:hover img.wp-menu-image,
+#adminmenu li.wp-has-current-submenu img.wp-menu-image {
+	opacity: 1;
+	filter: alpha(opacity=100);
 }
 
 .folded #adminmenu img.wp-menu-image {
@@ -1104,6 +1112,7 @@ a#view-site-link {
 	margin: 1px 0 0;
 	height: 27px;
 	padding: 1px 2px 0 0;
+	cursor: default;
 }
 
 #adminmenu li.wp-has-current-submenu ul {