diff --git a/content-single.php b/content-single.php
index c7e12102..453f59b5 100644
--- a/content-single.php
+++ b/content-single.php
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@
 			if ( ! _s_categorized_blog() ) {
 				// This blog only has 1 category so we just need to worry about tags in the meta text
 				if ( '' != $tag_list ) {
-					$meta_text = __( 'This entry was tagged %2$s. Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" title="Permalink to %4$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', '_s' );
+					$meta_text = __( 'This entry was tagged %2$s. Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', '_s' );
 				} else {
-					$meta_text = __( 'Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" title="Permalink to %4$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', '_s' );
+					$meta_text = __( 'Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', '_s' );
 				}
 
 			} else {
 				// But this blog has loads of categories so we should probably display them here
 				if ( '' != $tag_list ) {
-					$meta_text = __( 'This entry was posted in %1$s and tagged %2$s. Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" title="Permalink to %4$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', '_s' );
+					$meta_text = __( 'This entry was posted in %1$s and tagged %2$s. Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', '_s' );
 				} else {
-					$meta_text = __( 'This entry was posted in %1$s. Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" title="Permalink to %4$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', '_s' );
+					$meta_text = __( 'This entry was posted in %1$s. Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', '_s' );
 				}
 
 			} // end check for categories on this blog
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@
 				$meta_text,
 				$category_list,
 				$tag_list,
-				get_permalink(),
-				the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' )
+				get_permalink()
 			);
 		?>
 
diff --git a/footer.php b/footer.php
index 36278495..0e42f2ae 100644
--- a/footer.php
+++ b/footer.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<footer id="colophon" class="site-footer" role="contentinfo">
 		<div class="site-info">
 			<?php do_action( '_s_credits' ); ?>
-			<a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'A Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', '_s' ); ?>" rel="generator"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', '_s' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+			<a href="http://wordpress.org/" rel="generator"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', '_s' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
 			<span class="sep"> | </span>
 			<?php printf( __( 'Theme: %1$s by %2$s.', '_s' ), '_s', '<a href="http://automattic.com/" rel="designer">Automattic</a>' ); ?>
 		</div><!-- .site-info -->
diff --git a/header.php b/header.php
index 7dc77bb8..46ef5372 100644
--- a/header.php
+++ b/header.php
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 	<?php do_action( 'before' ); ?>
 	<header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner">
 		<div class="site-branding">
-			<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
+			<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
 			<h2 class="site-description"><?php bloginfo( 'description' ); ?></h2>
 		</div>
 
 		<nav id="site-navigation" class="main-navigation" role="navigation">
 			<h1 class="menu-toggle"><?php _e( 'Menu', '_s' ); ?></h1>
-			<div class="screen-reader-text skip-link"><a href="#content" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Skip to content', '_s' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', '_s' ); ?></a></div>
+			<div class="screen-reader-text skip-link"><a href="#content"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', '_s' ); ?></a></div>
 
 			<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary' ) ); ?>
 		</nav><!-- #site-navigation -->
diff --git a/image.php b/image.php
index a1e1d152..beab1d71 100644
--- a/image.php
+++ b/image.php
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ get_header(); ?>
 					<div class="entry-meta">
 						<?php
 							$metadata = wp_get_attachment_metadata();
-							printf( __( 'Published <span class="entry-date"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time></span> at <a href="%3$s" title="Link to full-size image">%4$s &times; %5$s</a> in <a href="%6$s" title="Return to %7$s" rel="gallery">%8$s</a>', '_s' ),
+							printf( __( 'Published <span class="entry-date"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time></span> at <a href="%3$s">%4$s &times; %5$s</a> in <a href="%6$s" rel="gallery">%7$s</a>', '_s' ),
 								esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
 								esc_html( get_the_date() ),
 								esc_url( wp_get_attachment_url() ),
 								$metadata['width'],
 								$metadata['height'],
 								esc_url( get_permalink( $post->post_parent ) ),
-								esc_attr( strip_tags( get_the_title( $post->post_parent ) ) ),
 								get_the_title( $post->post_parent )
 							);
 
diff --git a/inc/custom-header.php b/inc/custom-header.php
index e09d081e..b8fbf320 100644
--- a/inc/custom-header.php
+++ b/inc/custom-header.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * You can add an optional custom header image to header.php like so ...
 
 	<?php if ( get_header_image() ) : ?>
-	<a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home">
+	<a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" rel="home">
 		<img src="<?php header_image(); ?>" width="<?php echo get_custom_header()->width; ?>" height="<?php echo get_custom_header()->height; ?>" alt="">
 	</a>
 	<?php endif; // End header image check. ?>
diff --git a/inc/template-tags.php b/inc/template-tags.php
index 06c8d543..19a98961 100644
--- a/inc/template-tags.php
+++ b/inc/template-tags.php
@@ -159,9 +159,8 @@ function _s_the_attached_image() {
 			$next_attachment_url = get_attachment_link( array_shift( $attachment_ids ) );
 	}
 
-	printf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="attachment">%3$s</a>',
+	printf( '<a href="%1$s" rel="attachment">%2$s</a>',
 		esc_url( $next_attachment_url ),
-		the_title_attribute( array( 'echo' => false ) ),
 		wp_get_attachment_image( $post->ID, $attachment_size )
 	);
 }
@@ -184,14 +183,12 @@ function _s_posted_on() {
 	);
 
 	printf( __( '<span class="posted-on">Posted on %1$s</span><span class="byline"> by %2$s</span>', '_s' ),
-		sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark">%3$s</a>',
+		sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" rel="bookmark">%2$s</a>',
 			esc_url( get_permalink() ),
-			esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
 			$time_string
 		),
-		sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s">%3$s</a></span>',
+		sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s">%2$s</a></span>',
 			esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
-			esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', '_s' ), get_the_author() ) ),
 			esc_html( get_the_author() )
 		)
 	);
diff --git a/searchform.php b/searchform.php
index f9c75dce..5ecbc9b6 100644
--- a/searchform.php
+++ b/searchform.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <form role="search" method="get" class="search-form" action="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>">
 	<label>
 		<span class="screen-reader-text"><?php _ex( 'Search for:', 'label', '_s' ); ?></span>
-		<input type="search" class="search-field" placeholder="<?php echo esc_attr_x( 'Search &hellip;', 'placeholder', '_s' ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( get_search_query() ); ?>" name="s" title="<?php echo esc_attr_x( 'Search for:', 'label', '_s' ); ?>">
+		<input type="search" class="search-field" placeholder="<?php echo esc_attr_x( 'Search &hellip;', 'placeholder', '_s' ); ?>" value="<?php echo esc_attr( get_search_query() ); ?>" name="s">
 	</label>
 	<input type="submit" class="search-submit" value="<?php echo esc_attr_x( 'Search', 'submit button', '_s' ); ?>">
 </form>