diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php
index d3c36a43c7..689cd97f3b 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php
@@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ class etemplate_widget_nextmatch extends etemplate_widget
 			foreach((array)$cats as $cat)
 			{
 				$name = str_repeat(' ',2*$cat['level']) . stripslashes($cat['name']);
-				if (categories::is_global($cat)) $name .= ' ♦';
 
 				$cat_actions[$cat['id']] = array(
 					'caption' => $name,
@@ -796,7 +795,6 @@ class etemplate_widget_nextmatch extends etemplate_widget
 			if ($cat['parent'] == $parent_id)
 			{
 				$name = stripslashes($cat['name']);
-				if (categories::is_global($cat)) $name .= ' ♦';
 
 				$cat_actions[$cat['id']] = array(
 					'caption' => $name,
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
index b4f7577aba..55b38b71b8 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
@@ -804,7 +804,6 @@ class nextmatch_widget
 			foreach((array)$cats as $cat)
 			{
 				$name = str_repeat(' ',2*$cat['level']) . stripslashes($cat['name']);
-				if (categories::is_global($cat)) $name .= ' ♦';
 
 				$cat_actions[$cat['id']] = array(
 					'caption' => $name,
@@ -843,7 +842,6 @@ class nextmatch_widget
 			if ($cat['parent'] == $parent_id)
 			{
 				$name = stripslashes($cat['name']);
-				if (categories::is_global($cat)) $name .= ' ♦';
 
 				$cat_actions[$cat['id']] = array(
 					'caption' => $name,
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
index dac8478280..38442e9b4c 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.select_widget.inc.php
@@ -220,10 +220,6 @@ class select_widget
 				{
 					$s = str_repeat(' ',$cat['level']) . stripslashes($cat['name']);
 
-					if (categories::is_global($cat))
-					{
-						$s .= ' ♦';
-					}
 					$cell['sel_options'][$cat['id']] = empty($cat['description']) ? $s : array(
 						'label' => $s,
 						'title' => $cat['description'],
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.categories.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.categories.inc.php
index c1a821f2b3..7cc7694866 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.categories.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.categories.inc.php
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ class categories
 		if (is_null(self::$global_marker))
 		{
 			// as et2 adds options with .text(), it can't be entities, but php knows no string literals with utf-8
-			self::$global_marker = html_entity_decode(' ♦', ENT_NOQUOTES, 'utf-8');
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_wizard_import_csv.inc.php b/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_wizard_import_csv.inc.php
index fcdbcf3817..3cd3400c1b 100644
--- a/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_wizard_import_csv.inc.php
+++ b/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_wizard_import_csv.inc.php
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ class timesheet_wizard_import_csv extends importexport_wizard_basic_import_csv
 			foreach((array)$categories->return_sorted_array(0,False,'','','',true) as $cat) {
 				$s = str_repeat(' ',$cat['level']) . stripslashes($cat['name']);
 
-				if (categories::is_global($cat))
-				{
-					$s .= ' ♦';
-				}
 				$cat_list[$cat['id']] = empty($cat['description']) ? $s : array(
 					'label' => $s,
 					'title' => $cat['description'],