diff --git a/app/views/course/members/accepted_list.php b/app/views/course/members/accepted_list.php
index c25c7c1905b2c1cd58a9f94d7d03502f6ab03e7f..e789a10c668ea7ace5f976e3519a7dc58b450ab7 100644
--- a/app/views/course/members/accepted_list.php
+++ b/app/views/course/members/accepted_list.php
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@
                         <?= Avatar::getAvatar($accept['user_id'], $accept['username'])->getImageTag(
                             Avatar::SMALL,
                             [
-                                'style' => 'margin-right: 5px',
-                                'title' => $fullname,
+                                'style' => 'margin-right: 5px'
                             ]
                         ) ?>
                         <?= htmlReady($fullname) ?>
diff --git a/app/views/course/members/autor_list.php b/app/views/course/members/autor_list.php
index 6d8e8da493cac9f5ba7ad9a0f7b87502cb89df8c..ed031a43ceff8929a218fe2bc26c61d95f933447 100644
--- a/app/views/course/members/autor_list.php
+++ b/app/views/course/members/autor_list.php
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@
                         <?= Avatar::getAvatar($autor['user_id'], $autor['username'])->getImageTag(
                             Avatar::SMALL,
                             [
-                                'style' => 'margin-right: 5px',
-                                'title' => $fullname
+                                'style' => 'margin-right: 5px'
                             ]
                         ) ?>
                         <?= htmlReady($fullname) ?>
diff --git a/app/views/course/members/dozent_list.php b/app/views/course/members/dozent_list.php
index 2206fb0488abb0213be7a7f1c98c162429e96fa6..e955b569c128ecbd9d415fbdc79bac6f9bb9e0e8 100644
--- a/app/views/course/members/dozent_list.php
+++ b/app/views/course/members/dozent_list.php
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@
             <td>
                 <a href="<?= $controller->url_for(sprintf('profile?username=%s',$dozent['username'])) ?>" <? if ($dozent['mkdate'] >= $last_visitdate) echo 'class="new-member"'; ?>>
                     <?= Avatar::getAvatar($dozent['user_id'], $dozent['username'])->getImageTag(Avatar::SMALL, [
-                        'style' => 'margin-right: 5px',
-                        'title' => $fullname,
+                        'style' => 'margin-right: 5px'
                     ]) ?>
                     <?= htmlReady($fullname) ?>
                 </a>
diff --git a/app/views/course/members/tutor_list.php b/app/views/course/members/tutor_list.php
index b14674a711894d57eb9e1755dba377cc97c2d228..e07b4302a70979d2fb1c02390d905f7c9c03691c 100644
--- a/app/views/course/members/tutor_list.php
+++ b/app/views/course/members/tutor_list.php
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@
                 <td>
                     <a href="<?= $controller->url_for('profile?username=' . $tutor['username']) ?>" <? if ($tutor['mkdate'] >= $last_visitdate) echo 'class="new-member"'; ?>>
                         <?= Avatar::getAvatar($tutor['user_id'], $tutor['username'])->getImageTag(Avatar::SMALL, [
-                            'style' => 'margin-right: 5px',
-                            'title' => $fullname,
+                            'style' => 'margin-right: 5px'
                         ]) ?>
                         <?= htmlReady($fullname) ?>
                     </a>
diff --git a/app/views/course/members/user_list.php b/app/views/course/members/user_list.php
index c9bb48deddbd2f8f31da7e36e2697aa441424141..6ebd3b01f03819e3924ad7f987a408fd39febad5 100644
--- a/app/views/course/members/user_list.php
+++ b/app/views/course/members/user_list.php
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@
                 <td>
                     <a href="<?= $controller->url_for('profile?username=' . $leser['username']) ?>" <? if ($leser['mkdate'] >= $last_visitdate) echo 'class="new-member"'; ?>>
                         <?= Avatar::getAvatar($leser['user_id'],$leser['username'])->getImageTag(Avatar::SMALL, [
-                            'style' => 'margin-right: 5px',
-                            'title' => $fullname,
+                            'style' => 'margin-right: 5px'
                         ]); ?>
                         <?= htmlReady($fullname) ?>
                     </a>
diff --git a/lib/classes/Avatar.class.php b/lib/classes/Avatar.class.php
index b6b4e06deb46f749d5f3b229a5df4b91de550eff..b355a8ac093628b9ce3ba00a0f46a9ccbc11dac2 100644
--- a/lib/classes/Avatar.class.php
+++ b/lib/classes/Avatar.class.php
@@ -244,9 +244,7 @@ class Avatar {
             $opt['class'] = $this->getCssClass($size);
         }
 
-        if (!isset($opt['title'])) {
-            $opt['title'] = $this->getDefaultTitle();
-        } elseif (is_string($opt['title']) && $opt['title'] !== html_entity_decode($opt['title'])) {
+        if (is_string($opt['title']) && $opt['title'] !== html_entity_decode($opt['title'])) {
             // Decode already htmlready encoded titles (which were used until
             // all attributes were encoded inside this method)
             $opt['title'] = html_entity_decode($opt['title']);
@@ -263,8 +261,10 @@ class Avatar {
             }
         }
 
-        if (!isset($opt['alt'])) {
-            $opt['alt'] = $opt['title'];
+        if (!isset($opt['alt']) && !isset($opt['title'])) {
+            //Add an empty alt attribute to prevent screen readers from
+            //reading the URL of the icon:
+            $opt['alt'] = '';
         }
 
         return '<img ' . arrayToHtmlAttributes($opt) . '>';