diff --git a/themes/agnoster_beta.zsh-theme b/themes/agnoster_beta.zsh-theme
index c3107c06c..4f832ec97 100644
--- a/themes/agnoster_beta.zsh-theme
+++ b/themes/agnoster_beta.zsh-theme
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 # A few utility functions to make it easy and re-usable to draw segmented prompts
 
 CURRENT_BG='NONE'
-SEGMENT_SEPARATOR='⮀'
+SEGMENT_SEPARATOR=''
+BRANCH_SYMBOL=''
 
 # Begin a segment
 # Takes two arguments, background and foreground. Both can be omitted,
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ prompt_git() {
     else
       prompt_segment green black
     fi
-    echo -n "${ref/refs\/heads\//⭠ }$dirty"
+    echo -n "${ref/refs\/heads\//$BRANCH_SYMBOL }$dirty"
   fi
 }