diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd5459f..70bf0f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 ## [5.1.0-beta] - 2017-09-15
 ### Added
-- Adds an external link icon to the `details` hover annotations to run the `Open Commit in Remote` command (`gitlens.openCommitInRemote`)
 - Adds full (multi-line) commit message to the `details` hover annotations
+- Adds an external link icon to the `details` hover annotations to run the `Open Commit in Remote` command (`gitlens.openCommitInRemote`)
 
 ### Changed
 - Optimizes performance of the providing blame annotations, especially for large files (saw a ~78% improvement on some files)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3042b8a..c9d80e3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -384,16 +384,6 @@
                 }
             }
         },
-        "datauri": {
-            "version": "1.0.5",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/datauri/-/datauri-1.0.5.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha1-0JddGrbI8uDOPKQ7qkU5vhLSiaA=",
-            "requires": {
-                "image-size": "0.3.5",
-                "mimer": "0.2.1",
-                "semver": "5.4.1"
-            }
-        },
         "dateformat": {
             "version": "2.0.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dateformat/-/dateformat-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -1291,11 +1281,6 @@
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ignore/-/ignore-3.3.5.tgz",
             "integrity": "sha512-JLH93mL8amZQhh/p6mfQgVBH3M6epNq3DfsXsTSuSrInVjwyYlFE1nv2AgfRCC8PoOhM0jwQ5v8s9LgbK7yGDw=="
         },
-        "image-size": {
-            "version": "0.3.5",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/image-size/-/image-size-0.3.5.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha1-gyQOqy+1sAsEqrjHSwRx6cunrYw="
-        },
         "inflight": {
             "version": "1.0.6",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/inflight/-/inflight-1.0.6.tgz",
@@ -1784,11 +1769,6 @@
                 "mime-db": "1.30.0"
             }
         },
-        "mimer": {
-            "version": "0.2.1",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mimer/-/mimer-0.2.1.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha1-xjxaF/6GQj9RYahdVcPtUYm6r/w="
-        },
         "minimatch": {
             "version": "3.0.4",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cc34222..0c87c76 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1863,7 +1863,6 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "applicationinsights": "0.21.0",
         "copy-paste": "1.3.0",
-        "datauri": "^1.0.5",
         "iconv-lite": "0.4.19",
         "ignore": "3.3.5",
         "lodash.debounce": "4.0.8",
diff --git a/src/annotations/annotations.ts b/src/annotations/annotations.ts
index 455080f..5869af9 100644
--- a/src/annotations/annotations.ts
+++ b/src/annotations/annotations.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { DiffWithCommand, OpenCommitInRemoteCommand, ShowQuickCommitDetailsComma
 import { IThemeConfig, themeDefaults } from '../configuration';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
 import { CommitFormatter, GitCommit, GitDiffChunkLine, GitService, GitUri, ICommitFormatOptions } from '../gitService';
-const Datauri = require('datauri');
 
 interface IHeatmapConfig {
     enabled: boolean;
@@ -26,25 +25,6 @@ export const endOfLineIndex = 1000000;
 const escapeMarkdownRegEx = /[`\>\#\*\_\-\+\.]/g;
 // const sampleMarkdown = '## message `not code` *not important* _no underline_ \n> don\'t quote me \n- don\'t list me \n+ don\'t list me \n1. don\'t list me \nnot h1 \n=== \nnot h2 \n---\n***\n---\n___';
 
-const linkIconSvg = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<svg width="12" height="18" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-    <path fill="\${color}" d="m11,14l1,0l0,3c0,0.55 -0.45,1 -1,1l-10,0c-0.55,0 -1,-0.45 -1,-1l0,-10c0,-0.55 0.45,-1 1,-1l3,0l0,1l-3,0l0,10l10,0l0,-3l0,0zm-5,-8l2.25,2.25l-3.25,3.25l1.5,1.5l3.25,-3.25l2.25,2.25l0,-6l-6,0l0,0z" />
-</svg>`;
-
-const themeForegroundColor = '#a0a0a0';
-let linkIconDataUri: string | undefined;
-
-function getLinkIconDataUri(foregroundColor: string): string {
-    if (linkIconDataUri === undefined || foregroundColor !== themeForegroundColor) {
-        const datauri = new Datauri();
-        datauri.format('.svg', Strings.interpolate(linkIconSvg, { color: foregroundColor }));
-        linkIconDataUri = datauri.content;
-        foregroundColor = themeForegroundColor;
-    }
-
-    return linkIconDataUri!;
-}
-
 export class Annotations {
 
     static applyHeatmap(decoration: DecorationOptions, date: Date, now: number) {
@@ -85,7 +65,7 @@ export class Annotations {
         }
 
         const openInRemoteCommand = hasRemotes
-            ? `${'&nbsp;'.repeat(3)} [![](${getLinkIconDataUri(themeForegroundColor)})](${OpenCommitInRemoteCommand.getMarkdownCommandArgs(commit.sha)} "Open in Remote")`
+            ? `${'&nbsp;'.repeat(3)} [\`${GlyphChars.ArrowUpRight}\`](${OpenCommitInRemoteCommand.getMarkdownCommandArgs(commit.sha)} "Open in Remote")`
             : '';
 
         const markdown = new MarkdownString(`[\`${commit.shortSha}\`](${ShowQuickCommitDetailsCommand.getMarkdownCommandArgs(commit.sha)} "Show Commit Details") &nbsp; __${commit.author}__, ${commit.fromNow()} &nbsp; _(${commit.formatDate(dateFormat)})_ ${openInRemoteCommand} &nbsp; ${message}`);
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 1e6719a..6e7cefe 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export type GlyphChars = '\u21a9' |
     '\u2192' |
     '\u21e8' |
     '\u2191' |
+    '\u2197' |
     '\u2713' |
     '\u2014' |
     '\u2022' |
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ export const GlyphChars = {
     ArrowRight: '\u2192' as GlyphChars,
     ArrowRightHollow: '\u21e8' as GlyphChars,
     ArrowUp: '\u2191' as GlyphChars,
+    ArrowUpRight: '\u2197' as GlyphChars,
     Check: '\u2713' as GlyphChars,
     Dash: '\u2014' as GlyphChars,
     Dot: '\u2022' as GlyphChars,