diff --git a/apps/files/css/files.scss b/apps/files/css/files.scss
index de01b4ab56..5f32916650 100644
--- a/apps/files/css/files.scss
+++ b/apps/files/css/files.scss
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@
 .nav-icon-trashbin {
 	background-image: url('../img/delete.svg?v=1');
 }
+/* no icon for the quota bar */
 .nav-icon-quota {
-	background-image: url('../img/quota.svg?v=1');
+	padding-left: 15px !important;
 }
 
 #app-navigation .nav-files a.nav-icon-files {
diff --git a/apps/files/img/quota.svg b/apps/files/img/quota.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ed264e850..0000000000
--- a/apps/files/img/quota.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="16" width="16" version="1">
- <path style="text-decoration-color:#000;block-progression:tb;isolation:auto;mix-blend-mode:normal;text-indent:0;text-decoration-line:none;text-transform:none;text-decoration-style:solid" d="m8 0c-4.406 0-8 3.594-8 8s3.594 8 8 8 8-3.594 8-8-3.594-8-8-8zm0 2c3.326 0 6 2.674 6 6 0 1.622-0.638 3.087-1.676 4.164l-4.324-4.164v-6z"/>
-</svg>