diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml
index 2eb49685f08cc050e454a9d3ba72ade65a0964f2..04efc2e996c2aa4c33a9498cf5b36dbd6d9f48fc 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
     - if @project.protected_branch? branch.name
       %span.label.label-success
-        %i.fa.fa-lock
         protected
     .controls.hidden-xs
       - if merge_project && create_mr_button?(@repository.root_ref, branch.name)
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/22111-remove-lock-icon-on-protected-tag.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/22111-remove-lock-icon-on-protected-tag.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e4f7c1b77621cb62adb1702cd9b6ec932cac67b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/22111-remove-lock-icon-on-protected-tag.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Remove Lock Icon on Protected Tag
+merge_request: 8513
+author: Sergey Nikitin