diff --git a/data/gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml b/data/gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml
index 4a4a0edfc..b77825414 100644
--- a/data/gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml
+++ b/data/gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <gresources>
   <gresource prefix="/org/gnome/shell/theme">
-    <file>calendar-arrow-left.svg</file>
-    <file>calendar-arrow-right.svg</file>
     <file>calendar-today.svg</file>
     <file>checkbox-focused.svg</file>
     <file>checkbox-off-focused.svg</file>
diff --git a/data/theme/calendar-arrow-left.svg b/data/theme/calendar-arrow-left.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index d5d97b3c3..000000000
--- a/data/theme/calendar-arrow-left.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
-
-<svg
-   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
-   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
-   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
-   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
-   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
-   width="16"
-   height="16"
-   id="svg2"
-   version="1.1"
-   inkscape:version="0.48+devel r9942 custom"
-   sodipodi:docname="New document 4">
-  <defs
-     id="defs4" />
-  <sodipodi:namedview
-     id="base"
-     pagecolor="#ffffff"
-     bordercolor="#666666"
-     borderopacity="1.0"
-     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
-     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
-     inkscape:zoom="1"
-     inkscape:cx="8.984481"
-     inkscape:cy="5.6224906"
-     inkscape:document-units="px"
-     inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
-     showgrid="false"
-     borderlayer="true"
-     inkscape:showpageshadow="false"
-     inkscape:window-width="930"
-     inkscape:window-height="681"
-     inkscape:window-x="1892"
-     inkscape:window-y="272"
-     inkscape:window-maximized="0">
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-       type="xygrid"
-       id="grid17403"
-       empspacing="5"
-       visible="true"
-       enabled="true"
-       snapvisiblegridlinesonly="true" />
-  </sodipodi:namedview>
-  <metadata
-     id="metadata7">
-    <rdf:RDF>
-      <cc:Work
-         rdf:about="">
-        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
-        <dc:type
-           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
-        <dc:title></dc:title>
-      </cc:Work>
-    </rdf:RDF>
-  </metadata>
-  <g
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-     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
-     id="layer1"
-     transform="translate(0,-1036.3622)">
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-       sodipodi:sides="3"
-       sodipodi:cx="84.5"
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-       sodipodi:r1="5"
-       sodipodi:r2="2.5"
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-       inkscape:rounded="0"
-       inkscape:randomized="0"
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-</svg>
diff --git a/data/theme/calendar-arrow-right.svg b/data/theme/calendar-arrow-right.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index 545da7ec5..000000000
--- a/data/theme/calendar-arrow-right.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
-
-<svg
-   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
-   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
-   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
-   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
-   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
-   width="16"
-   height="16"
-   id="svg2"
-   version="1.1"
-   inkscape:version="0.48+devel r9942 custom"
-   sodipodi:docname="arrow-left.svg">
-  <defs
-     id="defs4" />
-  <sodipodi:namedview
-     id="base"
-     pagecolor="#ffffff"
-     bordercolor="#666666"
-     borderopacity="1.0"
-     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
-     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
-     inkscape:zoom="1"
-     inkscape:cx="7.7366092"
-     inkscape:cy="6.4536271"
-     inkscape:document-units="px"
-     inkscape:current-layer="layer1"
-     showgrid="false"
-     borderlayer="true"
-     inkscape:showpageshadow="false"
-     inkscape:window-width="930"
-     inkscape:window-height="681"
-     inkscape:window-x="1892"
-     inkscape:window-y="272"
-     inkscape:window-maximized="0">
-    <inkscape:grid
-       type="xygrid"
-       id="grid17403"
-       empspacing="5"
-       visible="true"
-       enabled="true"
-       snapvisiblegridlinesonly="true" />
-  </sodipodi:namedview>
-  <metadata
-     id="metadata7">
-    <rdf:RDF>
-      <cc:Work
-         rdf:about="">
-        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
-        <dc:type
-           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
-        <dc:title></dc:title>
-      </cc:Work>
-    </rdf:RDF>
-  </metadata>
-  <g
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-     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
-     id="layer1"
-     transform="translate(0,-1036.3622)">
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-       sodipodi:type="star"
-       style="fill:#5f5f5f;fill-opacity:1;stroke:#5f5f5f;stroke-width:0.43015847;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-opacity:1;stroke-dasharray:none;display:inline"
-       id="path18028"
-       sodipodi:sides="3"
-       sodipodi:cx="84.5"
-       sodipodi:cy="337.5"
-       sodipodi:r1="5"
-       sodipodi:r2="2.5"
-       sodipodi:arg1="0.52359878"
-       sodipodi:arg2="1.5707963"
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-       inkscape:rounded="0"
-       inkscape:randomized="0"
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-</svg>
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss
index 528202161..22f9e826e 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss
@@ -938,7 +938,6 @@ StScrollBar {
     }
 
     .pager-button {
-      color: white;
       background-color: transparent;
       width: 32px;
       border-radius: 4px;
@@ -946,13 +945,8 @@ StScrollBar {
       &:active { background-color: transparentize($bg_color,0.95); }
     }
 
-      .calendar-change-month-back { //arrow back
-        background-image: url("resource:///org/gnome/shell/theme/calendar-arrow-left.svg");
-        &:rtl { background-image: url("resource:///org/gnome/shell/theme/calendar-arrow-right.svg"); }
-      }
-      .calendar-change-month-forward { //arrow foreward
-        background-image: url("resource:///org/gnome/shell/theme/calendar-arrow-right.svg");
-        &:rtl { background-image: url("resource:///org/gnome/shell/theme/calendar-arrow-left.svg"); }
+      .calendar-change-month-back StIcon, .calendar-change-month-forward StIcon { // arrows
+        icon-size: 1.09em;
       }
 
     .calendar-day-base {
diff --git a/js/ui/calendar.js b/js/ui/calendar.js
index 432986391..c4d362537 100644
--- a/js/ui/calendar.js
+++ b/js/ui/calendar.js
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ var Calendar = new Lang.Class({
         this._backButton = new St.Button({ style_class: 'calendar-change-month-back pager-button',
                                            accessible_name: _("Previous month"),
                                            can_focus: true });
+        this._backButton.add_actor(new St.Icon({ icon_name: 'pan-start-symbolic' }));
         this._topBox.add(this._backButton);
         this._backButton.connect('clicked', this._onPrevMonthButtonClicked.bind(this));
 
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ var Calendar = new Lang.Class({
         this._forwardButton = new St.Button({ style_class: 'calendar-change-month-forward pager-button',
                                               accessible_name: _("Next month"),
                                               can_focus: true });
+        this._forwardButton.add_actor(new St.Icon({ icon_name: 'pan-end-symbolic' }));
         this._topBox.add(this._forwardButton);
         this._forwardButton.connect('clicked', this._onNextMonthButtonClicked.bind(this));