diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/author.php b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/author.php
index 8b3b22e266..b0b7a57314 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/author.php
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/author.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ get_header(); ?>
 				<h1 class="archive-title">
 				<?php
 				/* translators: Author display name. */
-				printf( __( 'Author Archives: %s', 'twentytwelve' ), '<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 Archives: %s', 'twentytwelve' ), '<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>' );
 				?>
 				</h1>
 			</header><!-- .archive-header -->
diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/header.php b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/header.php
index fcb5f89875..0d4cf9441a 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/header.php
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/header.php
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
 <div id="page" class="hfeed site">
 	<header id="masthead" class="site-header">
 		<hgroup>
-			<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>
 		</hgroup>
 
 		<nav id="site-navigation" class="main-navigation">
 			<button class="menu-toggle"><?php _e( 'Menu', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></button>
-			<a class="assistive-text" href="#content" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></a>
+			<a class="assistive-text" href="#content"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></a>
 			<?php
 			wp_nav_menu(
 				array(