diff -u b/core/themes/bartik/css/style.css b/core/themes/bartik/css/style.css
--- b/core/themes/bartik/css/style.css
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/css/style.css
@@ -9,39 +9,24 @@
   border: 0;
   outline: 0;
 }
-nav a:link,
-nav a:visited,
-h2 > a:link,
-h2 > a:visited,
-#site-name a:link,
-#site-name a:visited,
-.pager a:link,
-.pager a:visited,
-.link:link,
-.link:visited {
+a:link,
+a:visited {
   text-decoration: none;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #c6d6e4;
+  padding: .2em;
 }
-nav a:hover,
-nav a:active,
-nav a:focus,
-h2 > a:hover,
-h2 > a:active,
-h2 > a:focus,
-#site-name a:hover,
-#site-name a:active,
-#site-name a:focus,
-.pager a:hover,
-.pager a:active,
-.pager a:focus,
-.link:hover,
-.link:active,
-.link:focus {
-  background: none repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
-  border-bottom: 1px solid #C6D6E4;
-  color: #205988;
-  padding: 0.2em 0.2em 0;
+a:hover,
+a:active,
+a:focus {
   text-decoration: none;
+  border-bottom: none;
+  text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #000;
+  -moz-border-radius: 3px;
+  -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  padding: .2em;
 }
+
 h1,
 h2,
 h3,
@@ -198,6 +183,7 @@
 a.feed-icon {
   display: inline-block;
   padding: 15px 0 0 0;
+  border-bottom: none;
 }
 img {
   max-width: 100%;
@@ -366,6 +352,8 @@
 #logo {
   float: left; /* LTR */
   padding-left: 5px; /* LTR */
+  border-bottom: none;
+  background: none;
 }
 [dir="rtl"] #logo {
   padding: 15px 10px 15px 15px;
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/themes/bartik/css/colors.css
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/css/colors.css
@@ -28,19 +28,15 @@ body {
   background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #0779bf 0%, #48a9e4 100%);
   background-image: linear-gradient(top, #0779bf 0%, #48a9e4 100%);
 }
-a,
-.link {
+a:link,
+a:visited {
   color: #0071b3;
 }
 a:hover,
 a:focus,
-.link:hover,
-.link:focus {
-  color: #018fe2;
-}
-a:active,
-.link:active {
-  color: #23aeff;
+a:active {
+  color: #fff;
+  background: #427bab;
 }
 .sidebar .block {
   background-color: #f6f6f2;