diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/images/compile_unspecified.png b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/images/compile_unspecified.png
deleted file mode 100644
index c9e8b7fb0ea..00000000000
Binary files a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/images/compile_unspecified.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qrc b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qrc
index 1abb4a1ca4d..e5e799f0bbf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qrc
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qrc
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
         <file>images/clean.png</file>
         <file>images/clean_small.png</file>
         <file>images/closetab.png</file>
-        <file>images/compile_unspecified.png</file>
         <file>images/debugger_start.png</file>
         <file>images/debugger_start_small.png</file>
         <file>images/filtericon.png</file>
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/taskwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/taskwindow.cpp
index f9843dddc6b..738abb7ab24 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/taskwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/taskwindow.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ private:
     int m_maxSizeOfFileName;
     QIcon m_errorIcon;
     QIcon m_warningIcon;
-    QIcon m_unspecifiedIcon;
 };
 
 class TaskFilterModel : public QSortFilterProxyModel
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ TaskModel::TaskModel()
     m_maxSizeOfFileName = 0;
     m_errorIcon = QIcon(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_error.png");
     m_warningIcon = QIcon(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_warning.png");
-    m_unspecifiedIcon = QIcon(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_unspecified.png");
 
 }
 
@@ -356,7 +354,7 @@ QIcon TaskModel::iconFor(TaskWindow::TaskType type)
     else if (type == TaskWindow::Warning)
         return m_warningIcon;
     else
-        return m_unspecifiedIcon;
+        return QIcon();
 }
 
 int TaskModel::sizeOfFile()