diff --git a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
index 08315f09ff..d54dbc732c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ class WP_Widget_Meta extends WP_Widget {
 			<ul>
 			<?php wp_register(); ?>
 			<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
-			<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('Syndicate this site using RSS 2.0')); ?>"><?php _e('Entries <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
-			<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(__('The latest comments to all posts in RSS')); ?>"><?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
+			<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>"><?php _e('Entries <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
+			<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>"><?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a></li>
 <?php
 			/**
 			 * Filter the "Powered by WordPress" text in the Meta widget.
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ class WP_Widget_RSS extends WP_Widget {
 		$url = esc_url(strip_tags($url));
 		$icon = includes_url('images/rss.png');
 		if ( $title )
-			$title = "<a class='rsswidget' href='$url' title='" . esc_attr__( 'Syndicate this content' ) ."'><img style='border:0' width='14' height='14' src='$icon' alt='RSS' /></a> <a class='rsswidget' href='$link' title='$desc'>$title</a>";
+			$title = "<a class='rsswidget' href='$url'><img style='border:0' width='14' height='14' src='$icon' alt='RSS' /></a> <a class='rsswidget' href='$link'>$title</a>";
 
 		echo $args['before_widget'];
 		if ( $title ) {
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ function wp_widget_rss_output( $rss, $args = array() ) {
 		} elseif ( $show_summary ) {
 			echo "<li><a class='rsswidget' href='$link'>$title</a>{$date}{$summary}{$author}</li>";
 		} else {
-			echo "<li><a class='rsswidget' href='$link' title='$desc'>$title</a>{$date}{$author}</li>";
+			echo "<li><a class='rsswidget' href='$link'>$title</a>{$date}{$author}</li>";
 		}
 	}
 	echo '</ul>';