diff --git a/.Rhistory b/.Rhistory
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5801194362c..7444c09ad15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- We fixed an issue changing the icon link_variation_off that is not meaningful. [#6834][https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6834]
 - We fixed an issue where the `.sav` file was not deleted upon exiting JabRef. [#6109](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6109)
 - We fixed a linked identifier icon inconsistency. [#6705](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6705)
 - We fixed the wrong behavior that font size changes are not reflected in dialogs. [#6039](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6039)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/IconTheme.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/IconTheme.java
index 46a5715e6e0..649632aae4e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/IconTheme.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/icon/IconTheme.java
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public enum JabRefIcons implements JabRefIcon {
         NEW_ENTRY_FROM_PLAIN_TEXT(MaterialDesignIcon.PLUS_BOX),
         REMOTE_DATABASE(MaterialDesignIcon.DATABASE),
         HOME(MaterialDesignIcon.HOME),
-        LINK(MaterialDesignIcon.LINK_VARIANT_OFF),
+        LINK(MaterialDesignIcon.LINK),
         LINK_VARIANT(MaterialDesignIcon.LINK_VARIANT);
 
         private final JabRefIcon icon;