diff --git a/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative_vcs.fish b/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative_vcs.fish
index 0df4008d2..554c6671a 100644
--- a/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative_vcs.fish
+++ b/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative_vcs.fish
@@ -17,30 +17,6 @@ function fish_prompt --description 'Write out the prompt'
     if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_showupstream
         set -g __fish_git_prompt_showupstream informative
     end
-    if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_ahead
-        set -g __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_ahead "↑"
-    end
-    if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_behind
-        set -g __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_behind "↓"
-    end
-    if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_prefix
-        set -g __fish_git_prompt_char_upstream_prefix ""
-    end
-    if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_char_stagedstate
-        set -g __fish_git_prompt_char_stagedstate "●"
-    end
-    if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_char_dirtystate
-        set -g __fish_git_prompt_char_dirtystate "✚"
-    end
-    if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_char_untrackedfiles
-        set -g __fish_git_prompt_char_untrackedfiles "…"
-    end
-    if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_char_invalidstate
-        set -g __fish_git_prompt_char_invalidstate "✖"
-    end
-    if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_char_cleanstate
-        set -g __fish_git_prompt_char_cleanstate "✔"
-    end
     if not set -q __fish_git_prompt_color_dirtystate
         set -g __fish_git_prompt_color_dirtystate blue
     end