diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php
index da9a70a89b..9cb702caf8 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/footer.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 			<div id="site-generator">
 				<?php do_action( 'twentyeleven_credits' ); ?>
-				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'http://wordpress.org/', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentyeleven' ); ?>" rel="generator"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyeleven' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'http://wordpress.org/', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentyeleven' ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'twentyeleven' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
 			</div>
 	</footer><!-- #colophon -->
 </div><!-- #page -->
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/footer.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/footer.php
index 337cc9123d..6dcfec0ca8 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyten/footer.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyten/footer.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 			<div id="site-generator">
 				<?php do_action( 'twentyten_credits' ); ?>
-				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'http://wordpress.org/', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentyten' ); ?>" rel="generator"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s.', 'twentyten' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
+				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'http://wordpress.org/', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentyten' ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s.', 'twentyten' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
 			</div><!-- #site-generator -->
 
 		</div><!-- #colophon -->