diff --git a/kallithea/lib/helpers.py b/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ def gravatar(email_address, cls='', size
 
     #  here it makes sense to use style="width: ..." (instead of, say, a
     # stylesheet) because we using this to generate a high-res (retina) size
-    tmpl = """<img alt="gravatar" class="{cls}" style="width: {size}px; height: {size}px" src="{src}"/>"""
+    tmpl = '<img alt="" class="{cls}" style="width: {size}px; height: {size}px" src="{src}"/>'
 
     # if src is empty then there was no gravatar, so we use a font icon
     if not src:
diff --git a/kallithea/public/js/base.js b/kallithea/public/js/base.js
--- a/kallithea/public/js/base.js
+++ b/kallithea/public/js/base.js
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ var autocompleteHighlightMatch = functio
 };
 
 var gravatar = function(link, size, cssclass) {
-    var elem = '<img alt="gravatar" class="{2}" style="width: {0}px; height: {0}px" src="{1}"/>'.format(size, link, cssclass);
+    var elem = '<img alt="" class="{2}" style="width: {0}px; height: {0}px" src="{1}"/>'.format(size, link, cssclass);
     if (!link) {
         elem = '<i class="icon-user {1}" style="font-size: {0}px;"></i>'.format(size, cssclass);
     }