diff --git a/drupal_commons.make b/drupal_commons.make
index 20a5031..78ead40 100644
--- a/drupal_commons.make
+++ b/drupal_commons.make
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ projects[vote_up_down][download][type] = "git"
 projects[vote_up_down][download][revision] = "6.x-3.x"
 projects[vote_up_down][subdir] = "contrib"
 
-; http://drupal.org/node/1016804#comment-5463316
-projects[vote_up_down][patch][]  = "http://drupal.org/files/thumbs_up_down_widget-1016804-14.patch"
-
 projects[views_attach][version] = 2.x-dev
 projects[views_attach][download][type] = "git"
 projects[views_attach][download][revision] = 6.x-2.x
diff --git a/modules/features/commons_answers/commons_answers.module b/modules/features/commons_answers/commons_answers.module
index 86e9bae..8c0c2d3 100644
--- a/modules/features/commons_answers/commons_answers.module
+++ b/modules/features/commons_answers/commons_answers.module
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ function commons_answers_strongarm_alter(&$items) {
  * Implementation of hook_vud_node_widget_alter().
  */
 function commons_answers_vud_node_widget_alter(&$widget, $node) {
-  // Depends on http://drupal.org/node/1398942.
+  // Selectively alter the thumbs widget to use our green/red up/down arrows.
   if ($node->type == 'answer') {
-    // TODO: Replace with Commons answers widget type when this is finalized.
-    $widget = 'thumbs_up_down';
+    drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'commons_answers') . '/css/commons_answers.css', 'theme');
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/features/commons_answers/css/commons_answers.css b/modules/features/commons_answers/css/commons_answers.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e05576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/features/commons_answers/css/commons_answers.css
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.vud-widget-thumbs .up-inactive,
+.vud-widget-thumbs .down-inactive,
+.vud-widget-thumbs .up-active,
+.vud-widget-thumbs .down-active {
+  background-image: url(../thumbs-sprite.png);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/modules/features/commons_answers/thumbs-sprite.png b/modules/features/commons_answers/thumbs-sprite.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19ad0e5
Binary files /dev/null and b/modules/features/commons_answers/thumbs-sprite.png differ