diff --git a/resources/images/empty.png b/resources/images/empty.png
deleted file mode 100644
index f3f05d3092..0000000000
Binary files a/resources/images/empty.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/search_restriction_mixin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/search_restriction_mixin.py
index 0137cd1027..9abf9bcfa2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/search_restriction_mixin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/search_restriction_mixin.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class SearchRestrictionMixin(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.checked = QIcon(I('ok.png'))
-        self.empty = QIcon(I('empty.png'))
+        self.empty = QIcon(I('blank.png'))
         self.search_based_vl_name = None
         self.search_based_vl = None