diff --git a/wp-admin/profile.php b/wp-admin/profile.php
index 2cc0b0acc..2beb29ceb 100644
--- a/wp-admin/profile.php
+++ b/wp-admin/profile.php
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ if ( $show_password_fields ) :
 </label></p>
 <p><strong><?php _e('Password Strength:'); ?></strong></p>
 <div id="pass-strength-result"><?php _e('Too short'); ?></div>
-<!--[if IE 6]><div id="pass-strength-iesucks"><?php _e("If you weren&#8217;t using this sucky IE6, there would be pretty colors... and cookies!"); ?></div><![endif]-->
-<p><?php _e('Hint: Use upper and lower case characters, numbers and symbols like !"£$%^&( in your password.'); ?></p>
+<p><?php _e('Hint: Use upper and lower case characters, numbers and symbols like !"?$%^&( in your password.'); ?></p>
 </fieldset>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index c2a7dda36..5ed425ce7 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -1368,24 +1368,19 @@ a.view-link {
 #pass-strength-result.short { 
 	background-color: #e3e3e3;
 	border: 1px solid #000000; 
-} 
+}
 
 #pass-strength-result.bad { 
 	background-color: #ffeff7;
 	border: 1px solid #cc6699; 
-} 
+}
 
 #pass-strength-result.good { 
 	background-color: #effff4;
 	border: 1px solid #66cc87; 
-} 
+}
 
 #pass-strength-result.strong { 
 	background-color: #59ef86;
 	border: 1px solid #319f52;
-} 
-
-#pass-strength-iesucks { 
-	font-size: 8pt; 
-	text-align: center; 
-} 
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+}
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