made avatar border color really subtle and not distracting, plus doesn't act on not links anymore

app/assets/stylesheets/framework/avatar.scss

@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
   &.s110 { @include avatar-size(110px, 15px); }
   &.s140 { @include avatar-size(140px, 15px); }
   &.s160 { @include avatar-size(160px, 20px); }
-
-  &:hover {
-    border-color: $gl-link-color;
-  }
 }
 
 .avatar {
@@ -56,6 +52,10 @@
     border-radius: 0;
     border: none;
   }
+
+  &:not([href]):hover {
+    border-color: rgba($avatar-border, .2);
+  }
 }
 
 .identicon {

app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss

@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
     .edit-link {
       color: $gl-gray;
 
-      &:hover {
-        color: $md-link-color;
+      &:not([href]):hover {
+        color: rgba($avatar-border, .2);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
       text-decoration: none;
 
       .avatar {
-        border-color: $md-link-color;
+        border-color: rgba($avatar-border, .2);
       }
     }
   }