diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/bottom_menu/CostTracker.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/bottom_menu/CostTracker.tsx
index bbfd9ff23..af248c557 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/bottom_menu/CostTracker.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/bottom_menu/CostTracker.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
-import { CoinIcon } from '../icons';
 import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from '../ui/Tooltip';
 import { fetchCanonicalModelInfo, type CanonicalModelInfo } from '../../utils/canonical';
 import { defineMessages, useIntl } from '../../i18n';
@@ -114,6 +113,8 @@ export function CostTracker({
     );
   }
 
+  const currency = costInfo?.currency || '$';
+
   if (
     accumulatedCost == null &&
     (!costInfo ||
@@ -146,8 +147,10 @@ export function CostTracker({
       <Tooltip>
         <TooltipTrigger asChild>
           <div className="flex items-center justify-center h-full transition-colors cursor-default translate-y-[1px] text-text-primary/70 hover:text-text-primary">
-            <CoinIcon className="mr-1" size={16} />
-            <span className="text-xs font-mono">0.0000</span>
+            <span className="text-xs font-mono">
+              {currency}
+              {formatCost(0)}
+            </span>
           </div>
         </TooltipTrigger>
         <TooltipContent>{getUnavailableTooltip()}</TooltipContent>
@@ -163,8 +166,6 @@ export function CostTracker({
       return intl.formatMessage(i18n.pricingUnavailable, { model: `${currentProvider}/${currentModel}` });
     }
 
-    const currency = costInfo?.currency || '$';
-
     if (accumulatedCost != null) {
       return intl.formatMessage(i18n.totalSessionCost, { cost: `${currency}${totalCost.toFixed(4)}` })
         + `\n` + intl.formatMessage(i18n.inputOutputTooltip, {
@@ -189,8 +190,10 @@ export function CostTracker({
     <Tooltip>
       <TooltipTrigger asChild>
         <div className="flex items-center justify-center h-full transition-colors cursor-default translate-y-[1px] text-text-primary/70 hover:text-text-primary">
-          <CoinIcon className="mr-1" size={16} />
-          <span className="text-xs font-mono">{formatCost(totalCost)}</span>
+          <span className="text-xs font-mono">
+            {currency}
+            {formatCost(totalCost)}
+          </span>
         </div>
       </TooltipTrigger>
       <TooltipContent>{getTooltipContent()}</TooltipContent>
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/icons/CoinIcon.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/icons/CoinIcon.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e4a5506c6..000000000
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/icons/CoinIcon.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-export default function CoinIcon({ className = '', size = 16 }) {
-  return (
-    <svg
-      width={size}
-      height={size}
-      viewBox="0 0 20 20"
-      fill="none"
-      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-      className={className}
-    >
-      {/* Main coin circle */}
-      <circle
-        cx="10"
-        cy="10"
-        r="9"
-        fill="currentColor"
-        opacity="0.1"
-        stroke="currentColor"
-        strokeWidth="1.5"
-      />
-
-      {/* Inner circle for depth */}
-      <circle
-        cx="10"
-        cy="10"
-        r="6.5"
-        fill="none"
-        stroke="currentColor"
-        strokeWidth="0.8"
-        opacity="0.4"
-      />
-
-      {/* Scalloped edge decoration - 8 evenly spaced notches */}
-      <circle cx="10" cy="1.5" r="1" fill="currentColor" opacity="0.3" />
-      <circle cx="15.7" cy="4.3" r="1" fill="currentColor" opacity="0.3" />
-      <circle cx="18.5" cy="10" r="1" fill="currentColor" opacity="0.3" />
-      <circle cx="15.7" cy="15.7" r="1" fill="currentColor" opacity="0.3" />
-      <circle cx="10" cy="18.5" r="1" fill="currentColor" opacity="0.3" />
-      <circle cx="4.3" cy="15.7" r="1" fill="currentColor" opacity="0.3" />
-      <circle cx="1.5" cy="10" r="1" fill="currentColor" opacity="0.3" />
-      <circle cx="4.3" cy="4.3" r="1" fill="currentColor" opacity="0.3" />
-
-      {/* Dollar sign */}
-      <g fill="currentColor" stroke="none">
-        {/* Vertical line */}
-        <rect x="9.3" y="5" width="1.4" height="10" />
-        {/* Top S curve */}
-        <path
-          d="M7 7.5 Q7 6.5 8 6.5 L12 6.5 Q13 6.5 13 7.5 Q13 8.5 12 8.5 L8.5 8.5"
-          strokeWidth="1.2"
-          stroke="currentColor"
-          fill="none"
-        />
-        {/* Bottom S curve */}
-        <path
-          d="M13 12.5 Q13 13.5 12 13.5 L8 13.5 Q7 13.5 7 12.5 Q7 11.5 8 11.5 L11.5 11.5"
-          strokeWidth="1.2"
-          stroke="currentColor"
-          fill="none"
-        />
-      </g>
-    </svg>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/icons/index.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/icons/index.tsx
index 36a3c9aef..ac6987850 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/icons/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/icons/index.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import Check from './Check';
 import Close from './Close';
 import { CodeXml } from './CodeXml';
 import { Cog } from './Cog';
-import CoinIcon from './CoinIcon';
 import Copy from './Copy';
 import { Fuel } from './Fuel';
 import { GalleryHorizontalEnd } from './GalleryHorizontalEnd';
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ export {
   Close,
   CodeXml,
   Cog,
-  CoinIcon,
   Copy,
   Fuel,
   GalleryHorizontalEnd,