diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss
index bb6129158d968c24b7afc3f774e7a6b5dde66789..cda46223492adfa7125515d756d4fe5948ec12f0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/buttons.scss
@@ -330,10 +330,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-.btn-file-option {
-  background: linear-gradient(180deg, $white-light 25%, $gray-light 100%);
-}
-
 .btn-build {
   margin-left: 10px;
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/blob_helper.rb b/app/helpers/blob_helper.rb
index c3508443d8aeff693c5aa09d862819827655757f..311a70725ab07ab67cc663619a45f0fd76000ebb 100644
--- a/app/helpers/blob_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/blob_helper.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module BlobHelper
                                      options[:link_opts])
 
     if !on_top_of_branch?(project, ref)
-      button_tag "Edit", class: "btn disabled has-tooltip btn-file-option", title: "You can only edit files when you are on a branch", data: { container: 'body' }
+      button_tag "Edit", class: "btn disabled has-tooltip", title: "You can only edit files when you are on a branch", data: { container: 'body' }
     elsif can_edit_blob?(blob, project, ref)
       link_to "Edit", edit_path, class: 'btn btn-sm'
     elsif can?(current_user, :fork_project, project)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module BlobHelper
       }
       fork_path = namespace_project_forks_path(project.namespace, project, namespace_key: current_user.namespace.id, continue: continue_params)
 
-      link_to "Edit", fork_path, class: 'btn btn-file-option', method: :post
+      link_to "Edit", fork_path, class: 'btn', method: :post
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/conflicts/_file_actions.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/conflicts/_file_actions.html.haml
index 2595ce74ac0ee2a8c090346273a16b02a34e5308..0839880713fe24a50e21edba4c1ef5faf7fc60e4 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/conflicts/_file_actions.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/conflicts/_file_actions.html.haml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
       '@click' => "onClickResolveModeButton(file, 'edit')",
       type: 'button' }
       Edit inline
-  %a.btn.view-file.btn-file-option{ ":href" => "file.blobPath" }
+  %a.btn.view-file{ ":href" => "file.blobPath" }
     View file @{{conflictsData.shortCommitSha}}