diff --git a/Mac/Base.lproj/MainWindow.storyboard b/Mac/Base.lproj/MainWindow.storyboard
index 7d1117723..fda3b05df 100644
--- a/Mac/Base.lproj/MainWindow.storyboard
+++ b/Mac/Base.lproj/MainWindow.storyboard
@@ -290,35 +290,14 @@
                         <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="166" height="307"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
                         <subviews>
-                            <visualEffectView blendingMode="behindWindow" material="appearanceBased" state="followsWindowActiveState" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="977-L4-4ey">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="284" width="166" height="23"/>
-                                <subviews>
-                                    <button verticalHuggingPriority="750" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="eZS-8K-qiN">
-                                        <rect key="frame" x="141" y="5" width="13" height="13"/>
-                                        <buttonCell key="cell" type="bevel" bezelStyle="rounded" image="filterInactive" imagePosition="overlaps" alignment="center" imageScaling="proportionallyDown" inset="2" id="5QJ-Ja-Gng">
-                                            <behavior key="behavior" pushIn="YES" lightByBackground="YES" lightByGray="YES"/>
-                                            <font key="font" metaFont="system"/>
-                                        </buttonCell>
-                                        <color key="contentTintColor" name="secondaryLabelColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
-                                        <connections>
-                                            <action selector="toggleReadFeedsFilter:" target="Jih-JO-hIE" id="hbr-xR-smq"/>
-                                        </connections>
-                                    </button>
-                                </subviews>
-                                <constraints>
-                                    <constraint firstAttribute="height" constant="23" id="Ax2-oO-NTV"/>
-                                    <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="eZS-8K-qiN" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="12" id="CFy-rz-Otf"/>
-                                    <constraint firstItem="eZS-8K-qiN" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="977-L4-4ey" secondAttribute="top" constant="5" id="M0q-C7-z10"/>
-                                </constraints>
-                            </visualEffectView>
                             <scrollView borderType="none" autohidesScrollers="YES" horizontalLineScroll="26" horizontalPageScroll="10" verticalLineScroll="26" verticalPageScroll="10" hasHorizontalScroller="NO" horizontalScrollElasticity="none" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="cJj-Wv-9ep">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="166" height="284"/>
+                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="166" height="307"/>
                                 <clipView key="contentView" drawsBackground="NO" copiesOnScroll="NO" id="2eU-Wz-F9g">
-                                    <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="166" height="284"/>
+                                    <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="166" height="307"/>
                                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
                                     <subviews>
                                         <outlineView verticalHuggingPriority="750" allowsExpansionToolTips="YES" columnAutoresizingStyle="firstColumnOnly" selectionHighlightStyle="sourceList" columnReordering="NO" columnResizing="NO" autosaveColumns="NO" typeSelect="NO" rowHeight="26" viewBased="YES" floatsGroupRows="NO" indentationPerLevel="23" outlineTableColumn="ih9-mJ-EA7" id="cnV-kg-Dn2" customClass="SidebarOutlineView" customModule="NetNewsWire" customModuleProvider="target">
-                                            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="166" height="284"/>
+                                            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="166" height="307"/>
                                             <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
                                             <size key="intercellSpacing" width="3" height="0.0"/>
                                             <color key="backgroundColor" name="_sourceListBackgroundColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
@@ -423,22 +402,18 @@
                             </customView>
                         </subviews>
                         <constraints>
-                            <constraint firstItem="977-L4-4ey" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="bJZ-bH-vgc" secondAttribute="leading" id="0MW-YQ-dI5"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="HZs-Zf-G8s" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="cJj-Wv-9ep" secondAttribute="bottom" id="0Zg-oW-o7U"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="cJj-Wv-9ep" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="bJZ-bH-vgc" secondAttribute="leading" id="5Rs-9M-TKq"/>
-                            <constraint firstItem="cJj-Wv-9ep" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="977-L4-4ey" secondAttribute="bottom" id="FPj-rG-6Lw"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="cJj-Wv-9ep" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="bJZ-bH-vgc" secondAttribute="top" id="A7C-VI-drt"/>
                             <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="iyL-pW-cT6" secondAttribute="trailing" constant="20" id="Mnm-9S-Qpm"/>
                             <constraint firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="HZs-Zf-G8s" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="-28" id="UN9-Wa-uxb"/>
-                            <constraint firstItem="977-L4-4ey" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="bJZ-bH-vgc" secondAttribute="top" id="eBr-dj-I25"/>
                             <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="HZs-Zf-G8s" secondAttribute="trailing" id="iNE-nb-QEB"/>
                             <constraint firstItem="HZs-Zf-G8s" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="bJZ-bH-vgc" secondAttribute="leading" id="tPp-xB-CgB"/>
-                            <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="977-L4-4ey" secondAttribute="trailing" id="u5c-mj-zWD"/>
                             <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="cJj-Wv-9ep" secondAttribute="trailing" id="vo7-3F-Fd3"/>
                         </constraints>
                     </view>
                     <connections>
                         <outlet property="outlineView" destination="cnV-kg-Dn2" id="FVf-OT-E3h"/>
-                        <outlet property="readFilteredButton" destination="eZS-8K-qiN" id="DDa-Hl-TSh"/>
                     </connections>
                 </viewController>
                 <customObject id="Jih-JO-hIE" userLabel="First Responder" customClass="NSResponder" sceneMemberID="firstResponder"/>
diff --git a/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift b/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift
index c0008daa2..bb262ae07 100644
--- a/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift
+++ b/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ protocol SidebarDelegate: class {
 
 @objc class SidebarViewController: NSViewController, NSOutlineViewDelegate, NSMenuDelegate, UndoableCommandRunner {
     
-	@IBOutlet weak var readFilteredButton: NSButton!
 	@IBOutlet var outlineView: SidebarOutlineView!
 
 	weak var delegate: SidebarDelegate?
@@ -129,8 +128,6 @@ protocol SidebarDelegate: class {
 		if let readFeedsFilterState = state[UserInfoKey.readFeedsFilterState] as? Bool {
 			isReadFiltered = readFeedsFilterState
 		}
-		
-		updateReadFilterButton()
 	}
 	
 	// MARK: - Notifications
@@ -453,7 +450,6 @@ protocol SidebarDelegate: class {
 		}
 		delegate?.sidebarInvalidatedRestorationState(self)
 		rebuildTreeAndRestoreSelection()
-		updateReadFilterButton()
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -820,13 +816,6 @@ private extension SidebarViewController {
 		return outlineView.revealAndSelectRepresentedObject(representedObject, treeController)
 	}
 	
-	func updateReadFilterButton() {
-		if isReadFiltered {
-			readFilteredButton.image = AppAssets.filterActive
-		} else {
-			readFilteredButton.image = AppAssets.filterInactive
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 private extension Node {