diff --git a/archive.php b/archive.php
index f054cc6..f5d7ee7 100644
--- a/archive.php
+++ b/archive.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ get_header(); ?>
 							 * what author we're dealing with (if that is the case).
 							*/
 							the_post();
-							printf( __( 'Author: %s', '_s' ), '<span class="vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( get_the_author() ) . '" rel="me">' . get_the_author() . '</a></span>' );
+							printf( __( 'Author: %s', '_s' ), '<span class="vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ) . '" rel="me">' . get_the_author() . '</a></span>' );
 							/* Since we called the_post() above, we need to
 							 * rewind the loop back to the beginning that way
 							 * we can run the loop properly, in full.
diff --git a/content-single.php b/content-single.php
index c7e1210..453f59b 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 7dd82a8..5ad5fd3 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 e45a1eb..c219c81 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 -->