diff --git a/mp/game/neo/resource/ClientScheme_KillFeed.res b/mp/game/neo/resource/ClientScheme_KillFeed.res
deleted file mode 100644
index dd20e8d31..000000000
--- a/mp/game/neo/resource/ClientScheme_KillFeed.res
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Scheme
-{
-    Fonts
-    {
-        "killfeed"
-        {
-            "1"
-            {
-                "name"        "Zrnic"
-                "tall"        "22"
-                "weight"      "900"
-                "antialias"   "1"
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mp/src/game/client/hl2mp/hud_deathnotice.cpp b/mp/src/game/client/hl2mp/hud_deathnotice.cpp
index f8f905000..69a7dbadb 100644
--- a/mp/src/game/client/hl2mp/hud_deathnotice.cpp
+++ b/mp/src/game/client/hl2mp/hud_deathnotice.cpp
@@ -160,11 +160,7 @@ void CHudDeathNotice::Paint()
 	}
 
 #ifdef NEO
-	// TODO (nullsystem): Just create this once rather than every paint
-	wchar_t assistsPlusSign[64];
-	g_pVGuiLocalize->ConvertANSIToUnicode(" + ", assistsPlusSign, sizeof(assistsPlusSign));
-	const int assistsPlusSignWidth = UTIL_ComputeStringWidth(m_hTextFont, assistsPlusSign);
-
+	static constexpr wchar_t ASSIST_SEPARATOR[] = L" + ";
 	if (g_hFontKillfeed != vgui::INVALID_FONT)
 	{
 		m_hTextFont = g_hFontKillfeed;
@@ -280,7 +276,7 @@ void CHudDeathNotice::Paint()
 #ifdef NEO
 				if (hasAssists)
 				{
-					x -= (UTIL_ComputeStringWidth(m_hTextFont, assists) + assistsPlusSignWidth);
+					x -= (UTIL_ComputeStringWidth(m_hTextFont, assists) + UTIL_ComputeStringWidth(m_hTextFont, ASSIST_SEPARATOR));
 				}
 #endif
 			}
@@ -296,15 +292,15 @@ void CHudDeathNotice::Paint()
 #ifdef NEO
 			if (hasAssists)
 			{
-				SetColorForNoticePlayer(iAssistsTeam);
-
 				// Draw +
+				surface()->DrawSetTextColor(COLOR_NEO_WHITE);
 				surface()->DrawSetTextPos(x, y);
 				surface()->DrawSetTextFont(m_hTextFont);
-				surface()->DrawUnicodeString(assistsPlusSign);
+				surface()->DrawUnicodeString(ASSIST_SEPARATOR);
 				surface()->DrawGetTextPos(x, y);
 
 				// Draw assists's name
+				SetColorForNoticePlayer(iAssistsTeam);
 				surface()->DrawSetTextPos(x, y);
 				surface()->DrawSetTextFont(m_hTextFont);
 				surface()->DrawUnicodeString(assists);
diff --git a/mp/src/game/client/hud.cpp b/mp/src/game/client/hud.cpp
index 6af56726e..cd32dc445 100644
--- a/mp/src/game/client/hud.cpp
+++ b/mp/src/game/client/hud.cpp
@@ -495,12 +495,13 @@ void CHud::InitFonts()
 	g_hFontTrebuchet24 = pScheme->GetFont("CenterPrintText", true);
 
 #ifdef NEO
-	auto pNeoKillfeedOverrideScheme = vgui::scheme()->GetIScheme(vgui::scheme()->
-		LoadSchemeFromFile("resource/ClientScheme_KillFeed.res", "KillFeed"));
-	Assert(pNeoKillfeedOverrideScheme);
-	if (pNeoKillfeedOverrideScheme)
+	vgui::HScheme neoscheme = vgui::scheme()->LoadSchemeFromFile(
+		"resource/ClientScheme_Neo.res", "ClientScheme_Neo");
+	vgui::IScheme *neoPScheme = vgui::scheme()->GetIScheme(neoscheme);
+	Assert(neoPScheme);
+	if (neoPScheme)
 	{
-		g_hFontKillfeed = pNeoKillfeedOverrideScheme->GetFont("killfeed");
+		g_hFontKillfeed = neoPScheme->GetFont("NHudOCRSmall", true);
 	}
 
 	if (g_hFontKillfeed == vgui::INVALID_FONT)