diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/footer.php
index 275715b29c..91ca7927f5 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/footer.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<footer id="colophon" role="contentinfo">
 		<div class="site-info">
 			<?php do_action( 'twentytwelve_credits' ); ?>
-			<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'http://wordpress.org/', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentytwelve' ); ?>" rel="generator"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentytwelve' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+			<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'http://wordpress.org/', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentytwelve' ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentytwelve' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
 		</div><!-- .site-info -->
 	</footer><!-- #colophon -->
 </div><!-- #page -->