diff --git a/src/wp-includes/default-widgets.php b/src/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
index 6c4c3a968a..84bc7af686 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class WP_Widget_Recent_Posts extends WP_Widget {
 		<ul>
 		<?php while ( $r->have_posts() ) : $r->the_post(); ?>
 			<li>
-				<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_title() ? get_the_title() : get_the_ID() ); ?>"><?php if ( get_the_title() ) the_title(); else the_ID(); ?></a>
+				<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php get_the_title() ? the_title() : the_ID(); ?></a>
 			<?php if ( $show_date ) : ?>
 				<span class="post-date"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span>
 			<?php endif; ?>
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/general-template.php b/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
index fad516a2f0..b9f56e5fa3 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
@@ -883,17 +883,16 @@ function single_month_title($prefix = '', $display = true ) {
  */
 function get_archives_link($url, $text, $format = 'html', $before = '', $after = '') {
 	$text = wptexturize($text);
-	$title_text = esc_attr($text);
 	$url = esc_url($url);
 
 	if ('link' == $format)
-		$link_html = "\t<link rel='archives' title='$title_text' href='$url' />\n";
+		$link_html = "\t<link rel='archives' title='" . esc_attr( $text ) . "' href='$url' />\n";
 	elseif ('option' == $format)
 		$link_html = "\t<option value='$url'>$before $text $after</option>\n";
 	elseif ('html' == $format)
-		$link_html = "\t<li>$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text</a>$after</li>\n";
+		$link_html = "\t<li>$before<a href='$url'>$text</a>$after</li>\n";
 	else // custom
-		$link_html = "\t$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text</a>$after\n";
+		$link_html = "\t$before<a href='$url'>$text</a>$after\n";
 
 	$link_html = apply_filters( 'get_archives_link', $link_html );