diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 51ca871212..f159127892 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ components/synedit/design/tsynpythonsyn.png -text svneol=unset#image/png
 components/synedit/design/tsynsqlsyn.png -text svneol=unset#image/png
 components/synedit/design/tsyntexsyn.png -text svneol=unset#image/png
 components/synedit/design/tsynunixshellscriptsyn.png -text svneol=unset#image/png
-components/synedit/design/tsynvbsyn.xpm -text svneol=unset#image/x-xpixmap
+components/synedit/design/tsynvbsyn.png -text svneol=unset#image/png
 components/synedit/design/tsynxmlsyn.png -text svneol=unset#image/png
 components/synedit/languages/README.txt svneol=native#text/plain
 components/synedit/languages/synedit.ca.po svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/components/synedit/design/syneditlazdsgn.txt b/components/synedit/design/syneditlazdsgn.txt
index e537c789e3..5cde9ffc9e 100644
--- a/components/synedit/design/syneditlazdsgn.txt
+++ b/components/synedit/design/syneditlazdsgn.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ tsynsqlsyn.png
 tsyntexsyn.png
 tsynunixshellscriptsyn.png
 tsynxmlsyn.png
-tsynvbsyn.xpm
\ No newline at end of file
+tsynvbsyn.png
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/synedit/design/tsynvbsyn.png b/components/synedit/design/tsynvbsyn.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a12124dd5
Binary files /dev/null and b/components/synedit/design/tsynvbsyn.png differ
diff --git a/components/synedit/design/tsynvbsyn.xpm b/components/synedit/design/tsynvbsyn.xpm
deleted file mode 100644
index b6d471d413..0000000000
--- a/components/synedit/design/tsynvbsyn.xpm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/* XPM */
-static char * tsynbassyn_xpm[] = {
-"17 19 5 1",
-" 	c #FFFFFF",
-".	c #000000",
-"+	c #0000FF",
-"@	c #FF0000",
-"#	c #00FF00",
-"                .",
-"  +             .",
-"  ++  ++   ++   .",
-"  + +   + +     .",
-"  + + + +   +   .",
-"  ++   ++ ++    .",
-"                .",
-"                .",
-"  .... @@@      .",
-"                .",
-"  ...           .",
-"                .",
-"    @@ ####     .",
-"                .",
-"    +++++ @@@   .",
-"                .",
-"  ...           .",
-"                .",
-"................."};
diff --git a/components/synedit/syneditlazdsgn.lrs b/components/synedit/syneditlazdsgn.lrs
index 0d781f5b80..1ee87fc694 100644
--- a/components/synedit/syneditlazdsgn.lrs
+++ b/components/synedit/syneditlazdsgn.lrs
@@ -213,15 +213,12 @@ LazarusResources.Add('tsynxmlsyn','PNG',[
   +#30#161#190'`@'#131'C'#195#7#200#9#7'%'#1#225'HQ'#163#169#136'r'#11#208's0'
   +#153'x'#24#1#0#20'E'#129'p'#211#143#225'.'#0#0#0#0'IEND'#174'B`'#130
 ]);
-LazarusResources.Add('tsynvbsyn','XPM',[
-  '/* XPM */'#13#10'static char * tsynbassyn_xpm[] = {'#13#10'"17 19 5 1",'#13
-  +#10'" '#9'c #FFFFFF",'#13#10'".'#9'c #000000",'#13#10'"+'#9'c #0000FF",'#13
-  +#10'"@'#9'c #FF0000",'#13#10'"#'#9'c #00FF00",'#13#10'"                .",'
-  +#13#10'"  +             .",'#13#10'"  ++  ++   ++   .",'#13#10'"  + +   + + '
-  +'    .",'#13#10'"  + + + +   +   .",'#13#10'"  ++   ++ ++    .",'#13#10'"   '
-  +'             .",'#13#10'"                .",'#13#10'"  .... @@@      .",'#13
-  +#10'"                .",'#13#10'"  ...           .",'#13#10'"               '
-  +' .",'#13#10'"    @@ ####     .",'#13#10'"                .",'#13#10'"    ++'
-  +'+++ @@@   .",'#13#10'"                .",'#13#10'"  ...           .",'#13#10
-  +'"                .",'#13#10'"................."};'#13#10
+LazarusResources.Add('tsynvbsyn','PNG',[
+  #137'PNG'#13#10#26#10#0#0#0#13'IHDR'#0#0#0#24#0#0#0#24#8#6#0#0#0#224'w='#248#0
+  +#0#0'iIDATx'#218#237#147'K'#10#0' '#8'D'#167#251#31#186'h'#151'b'#31#149'"#'
+  +#195'E'#6#190#198'&'#0'Hx&'#178'3j'#139'%'#128#21#165#2#180#16#190#239#215
+  +#148#10#164#166'#'#133'f'#192#12#232#30#17#175'I'#231'*'#192'v'#23#29#176')H'
+  +#146#185#12#238'q'#167#130#152'o y'#19'l'#197'P'#208#26#135#24#168#227#168
+  +#239'"?'#128#255'`c'#254#208'E'#1'@'#131'3'#7#21#245',g'#0#0#0#0'IEND'#174'B'
+  +'`'#130
 ]);