diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/content-image.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/content-image.php
index 5536d900c9..e5973f98e8 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/content-image.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/content-image.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 		<footer class="entry-meta">
 			<div class="entry-meta">
 				<?php
-					printf( __( '<a href="%1$s" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%2$s" pubdate>%3$s</time></a><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> by </span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%4$s" title="%5$s" rel="author">%6$s</a></span></span>', 'twentyeleven' ),
+					printf( __( '<a href="%1$s" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%2$s">%3$s</time></a><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> by </span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%4$s" title="%5$s" rel="author">%6$s</a></span></span>', 'twentyeleven' ),
 						esc_url( get_permalink() ),
 						get_the_date( 'c' ),
 						get_the_date(),
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php
index c3dd73d32a..5095bf063d 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ function twentyeleven_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {
 						/* translators: 1: comment author, 2: date and time */
 						printf( __( '%1$s on %2$s <span class="says">said:</span>', 'twentyeleven' ),
 							sprintf( '<span class="fn">%s</span>', get_comment_author_link() ),
-							sprintf( '<a href="%1$s"><time pubdate datetime="%2$s">%3$s</time></a>',
+							sprintf( '<a href="%1$s"><time datetime="%2$s">%3$s</time></a>',
 								esc_url( get_comment_link( $comment->comment_ID ) ),
 								get_comment_time( 'c' ),
 								/* translators: 1: date, 2: time */
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists( 'twentyeleven_posted_on' ) ) :
  * @since Twenty Eleven 1.0
  */
 function twentyeleven_posted_on() {
-	printf( __( '<span class="sep">Posted on </span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%3$s" pubdate>%4$s</time></a><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> by </span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%5$s" title="%6$s" rel="author">%7$s</a></span></span>', 'twentyeleven' ),
+	printf( __( '<span class="sep">Posted on </span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time></a><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> by </span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%5$s" title="%6$s" rel="author">%7$s</a></span></span>', 'twentyeleven' ),
 		esc_url( get_permalink() ),
 		esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
 		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),