diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index 3b6d0c0db4..c7d4899360 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ class Walker_Page extends Walker {
 
 		$css_class = implode(' ', apply_filters('page_css_class', $css_class, $page));
 
-		$output .= $indent . '<li class="' . $css_class . '"><a href="' . get_permalink($page->ID) . '" title="' . esc_attr( wp_strip_all_tags( apply_filters( 'the_title', $page->post_title, $page->ID ) ) ) . '">' . $link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $page->post_title, $page->ID ) . $link_after . '</a>';
+		$output .= $indent . '<li class="' . $css_class . '"><a href="' . get_permalink($page->ID) . '">' . $link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $page->post_title, $page->ID ) . $link_after . '</a>';
 
 		if ( !empty($show_date) ) {
 			if ( 'modified' == $show_date )