diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
index 5b90e0d6a90..4cadb9ce69b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
       {{/if}}
 
       <div class="metadata">
-        <h3><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> {{i18n last_post}} {{format-date path="user.last_posted_at" leaveAgo="true"}} </h3>
-        <h3><i class="fa fa-user"></i> {{i18n joined}} {{format-date path="user.created_at" leaveAgo="true"}}</h3>
+        <h3><span class='desc'>{{i18n last_post}}</span> {{format-date path="user.last_posted_at" leaveAgo="true"}} </h3>
+        <h3><span class='desc'>{{i18n joined}}</span> {{format-date path="user.created_at" leaveAgo="true"}}</h3>
         {{#if user.githubProfileUrl}}
-        <a href="{{unbound user.githubProfileUrl}}"><h3><i class="fa fa-github"></i> GitHub</h3></a>
+          <h3><a href="{{unbound user.githubProfileUrl}}">GitHub</a></h3>
         {{/if}}
       </div>
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user-card.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user-card.scss
index a34230564ad..4686995e976 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user-card.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user-card.scss
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@
     width: 100%;
     clear: both;
     padding-top: 5px;
-    h3 {display: inline; margin-right: 5px; }
+    h3 {
+      display: inline;
+      margin-right: 5px;
+      .desc, a {
+        color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 70%);
+      }
+    }
     div {display: inline; color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 50%);
     .group-link {color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 50%);}
     }