diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 5a1546899..e35e5cba0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -2135,13 +2135,6 @@ color: #555; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #fff;
 img.filecontent.image {background-image: url(/transparent.png);}
 
 /* Reaction styles */
-.reaction-button.reacted .icon-svg {
-  fill: #126fa7;
-  stroke: none;
-}
-.reaction-button.reacted:hover .icon-svg {
-  fill: #c61a1a;
-}
 .reaction-button:hover, .reaction-button:active {
   text-decoration: none;
 }
diff --git a/app/helpers/reactions_helper.rb b/app/helpers/reactions_helper.rb
index 97943e71c..e02e1c9f9 100644
--- a/app/helpers/reactions_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/reactions_helper.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module ReactionsHelper
   def reaction_button_reacted(object, reaction, count, tooltip)
     reaction_button_wrapper object do
       link_to(
-        sprite_icon('thumb-up-filled', count.nonzero?),
+        sprite_icon('thumb-up-filled', count.nonzero?, style: :filled),
         reaction_path(reaction, object_type: object.class.name, object_id: object),
         remote: true, method: :delete,
         class: ['icon', 'reaction-button', 'reacted'],