diff --git a/paletteeditor/paletteeditor.cpp b/paletteeditor/paletteeditor.cpp
index 4db1775..8435cc6 100644
--- a/paletteeditor/paletteeditor.cpp
+++ b/paletteeditor/paletteeditor.cpp
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ RoleEditor::RoleEditor(QWidget *parent)
 
     auto *const button = new QToolButton(this);
     button->setToolButtonStyle(Qt::ToolButtonIconOnly);
-    button->setIcon(QIcon(QStringLiteral(":/qtutilities/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-clear.png")));
+    button->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("edit-clear")));
     button->setIconSize(QSize(8, 8));
     button->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Fixed, QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding));
     layout->addWidget(button);
diff --git a/resources/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/edit-clear.png b/resources/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/edit-clear.png
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diff --git a/resources/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/edit-error.png b/resources/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/edit-error.png
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diff --git a/resources/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/edit-menu.png b/resources/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/edit-menu.png
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diff --git a/resources/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-clear.png b/resources/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-clear.png
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diff --git a/resources/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-error.png b/resources/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-error.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/resources/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-menu.png b/resources/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-menu.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/resources/qtutilsicons.qrc b/resources/qtutilsicons.qrc
index 9321cb0..9652d7b 100644
--- a/resources/qtutilsicons.qrc
+++ b/resources/qtutilsicons.qrc
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/qtutilities">
-        <file>icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/edit-clear.png</file>
-        <file>icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/edit-menu.png</file>
-        <file>icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/edit-error.png</file>
-        <file>icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-clear.png</file>
-        <file>icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-menu.png</file>
-        <file>icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/edit-error.png</file>
         <file alias="icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/qtcreator.svg">icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qtcreator.svg</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/widgets/buttonoverlay.cpp b/widgets/buttonoverlay.cpp
index cfa8cb1..510b1ed 100644
--- a/widgets/buttonoverlay.cpp
+++ b/widgets/buttonoverlay.cpp
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ void ButtonOverlay::setClearButtonEnabled(bool enabled)
         // enable clear button
         m_clearButton = new IconButton;
         m_clearButton->setHidden(isCleared());
-        m_clearButton->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("edit-clear"),
-            QIcon(QStringLiteral(":/qtutilities/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/"
-                                 "edit-clear.png")))
-                                     .pixmap(16));
+        m_clearButton->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("edit-clear")).pixmap(16));
         m_clearButton->setGeometry(0, 0, 16, 16);
         m_clearButton->setToolTip(QObject::tr("Clear"));
         QObject::connect(m_clearButton, &IconButton::clicked, std::bind(&ButtonOverlay::handleClearButtonClicked, this));