diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html
index 327747c301aa36b8a55fdaf8a14995b34e9ab75e..30014e0136223702ca6b9c22d1de057fd312b1f3 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.html
@@ -76,12 +76,7 @@
 
       <button mat-icon-button (focus)="hideCommentsList=true" matTooltip="{{ 'comment-list.read' | translate }}"
               (click)="filterComments(read)">
-        <mat-icon [ngClass]="{read: 'read-icon'}[currentFilter]">speaker_notes</mat-icon>
-      </button>
-
-      <button mat-icon-button (focus)="hideCommentsList=true" matTooltip="{{ 'comment-list.unread' | translate }}"
-              (click)="filterComments(unread)">
-        <mat-icon [ngClass]="{unread: 'unread-icon'}[currentFilter]">speaker_notes_off</mat-icon>
+        <mat-icon svgIcon="beamer" [ngClass]="{read: 'read-icon'}[currentFilter]"></mat-icon>
       </button>
 
       <button mat-icon-button (focus)="hideCommentsList=false" (click)="sortComments(currentSort); filterComments('')">
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.scss b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.scss
index 1aae7788c1fe767d5167b6cae62419268235eee9..5b20e27659434f47773ececc85f02423f51e7237 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment-list/comment-list.component.scss
@@ -109,17 +109,13 @@ h4  {
 }
 
 .read-icon {
-  color: var(--grey);
+  color: var(--on-surface);
 }
 
 .favorite-icon {
   color: var(--yellow);
 }
 
-.unread-icon {
-  color: var(--purple);
-}
-
 .counter {
   color: var(--on-background);
 }
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.scss b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.scss
index b966e14a1e9a3f57d57c444de7ea36e282e7eeaf..0fb3ac61cf3ce791fe88d34fa92d20ad905f552f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.scss
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ mat-card-content > :first-child {
   color: var(--green);
 }
 
-.read-icon {
-  color: var(--grey);
-}
-
 .favorite-icon {
   color: var(--yellow);
 }