diff --git a/theme/solarized.css b/theme/solarized.css
index 36d5f790480dd9bf1b6c9c8f061fae7cae3fc15a..07ef4068040d55b73e5400d13f238e528a994598 100644
--- a/theme/solarized.css
+++ b/theme/solarized.css
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized/img/solarized-palette.png
   text-decoration-style: dotted;
 }
 .cm-s-solarized .cm-strong { color: #eee; }
-.cm-s-solarized .cm-tab:before {
-  content: "➤";   /*visualize tab character*/
-  color: #586e75;
-  position:absolute;
-}
 .cm-s-solarized .cm-error,
 .cm-s-solarized .cm-invalidchar {
   color: #586e75;