diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/aspect_membership_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/aspect_membership_view.js
index b15d9bbc4..231149131 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/aspect_membership_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/aspect_membership_view.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ app.views.AspectMembership = app.views.AspectsDropdown.extend({
   // refresh the button text to reflect the current aspect selection status
   updateSummary: function(target) {
     this._toggleCheckbox(target);
-    this._updateButton('green');
+    this._updateButton("btn-success");
   }
 });
 // @license-end
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/tag_following_action_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/tag_following_action_view.js
index 37d95ff2a..e62754c0c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/tag_following_action_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/tag_following_action_view.js
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ app.views.TagFollowingAction = app.views.Base.extend({
   },
 
   mouseIn : function(){
-    this.$("input").removeClass("green").addClass("btn-danger");
+    this.$("input").removeClass("btn-success").addClass("btn-danger");
     this.$("input").val( Diaspora.I18n.t('stream.tags.stop_following', {tag: this.model.attributes.name} ) );
   },
 
   mouseOut : function() {
-    this.$("input").removeClass("btn-danger").addClass("green");
+    this.$("input").removeClass("btn-danger").addClass("btn-success");
     this.$("input").val( Diaspora.I18n.t('stream.tags.following', {"tag" : this.model.attributes.name} ) );
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
index 5143340cb..b5aca98de 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 @import 'sprites';
 @import 'hovercard';
 @import 'new_styles/base';
-@import 'new_styles/buttons';
 @import 'new_styles/interactions';
 @import 'new_styles/spinner';
 @import 'lightbox';
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_buttons.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_buttons.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b8b2dcdb..000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_buttons.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-.btn.btn-primary {
-  $button-border-color: #aaa;
-  background: $dark-blue;
-  color: #fff;
-  border: 1px solid darken($button-border-color, 20%);
-  text-shadow: none;
-  &:hover, &:active {
-    background: lighten($dark-blue, 10%);
-    border: 1px solid darken($button-border-color,35%);
-  }
-}
-.btn-group.open > .btn.btn-primary {
-  background: $creation-blue;
-  &:hover, &:active { background: lighten($dark-blue, 10%); }
-}
-
-.btn.green {
-  $button-border-color: #aaa;
-  background: $green;
-  color: $grey;
-  border: 1px solid darken($button-border-color, 20% );
-
-  &:hover {
-    background: $light-green;
-    border: 1px solid darken($button-border-color,35%);
-  }
-}
-.btn-group.open > .btn.green {
-  background: $green;
-}
-
-.btn.delete { color: desaturate($red,10%); }
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/tag_following_action_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/tag_following_action_tpl.jst.hbs
index 2d31000f4..e3c35496b 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/tag_following_action_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/tag_following_action_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <div class="pull-right tag-following-action">
   <form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/tag_followings" method="post">
-      <input type="submit" class="btn 
+      <input type="submit" class="btn
       {{#if tag_is_followed }}
-        green followed
+        btn-success followed
       {{else}}
         btn-default
       {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/helpers/aspect_global_helper.rb b/app/helpers/aspect_global_helper.rb
index d51fa0528..c52fa3320 100644
--- a/app/helpers/aspect_global_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/aspect_global_helper.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module AspectGlobalHelper
       aspect_membership_ids[a.id] = record.id
     end
 
-    button_class = selected_aspects.size>0 ? "green" : "btn-default"
+    button_class = selected_aspects.size > 0 ? "btn-success" : "btn-default"
     button_class << case size
       when "small"
         " btn-small"
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/aspect_membership_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/aspect_membership_view_spec.js
index 660ddc215..eb33fe203 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/aspect_membership_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/aspect_membership_view_spec.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe("app.views.AspectMembership", function(){
       spyOn(this.view, "_updateButton");
       this.view.updateSummary(this.Aspect);
 
-      expect(this.view._updateButton).toHaveBeenCalledWith('green');
+      expect(this.view._updateButton).toHaveBeenCalledWith("btn-success");
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/tag_following_action_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/tag_following_action_view_spec.js
index 8639ee5fa..17769de11 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/tag_following_action_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/tag_following_action_view_spec.js
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ describe("app.views.TagFollowingAction", function(){
 
     it("should have the extra classes if the tag is followed", function(){
       spyOn(this.view, "tag_is_followed").and.returnValue(true);
-      expect(this.view.render().$('input').hasClass("followed")).toBe(true);
-      expect(this.view.render().$('input').hasClass("green")).toBe(true);
+      expect(this.view.render().$("input").hasClass("followed")).toBe(true);
+      expect(this.view.render().$("input").hasClass("btn-success")).toBe(true);
     });
   });