diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
index e0c9d4394d..912311064a 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
@@ -3626,12 +3626,8 @@ function phpbb_get_avatar($row, $alt, $ignore_config = false, $lazy = false)
 			$phpbb_path_helper = $phpbb_container->get('path_helper');
 			$web_path = $phpbb_path_helper->get_web_root_path();
 			$theme = "{$web_path}styles/" . rawurlencode($user->style['style_path']) . '/theme';
-			$no_avatar = $theme . '/images/no_avatar.gif';
-			$src = 'src=' . $no_avatar . ' data-src=' . $no_avatar;
-			$html = '<img class="avatar" ' . $src . ' ' .
-				($avatar_data['width'] ? ('width="' . $avatar_data['width'] . '" ') : '') .
-				($avatar_data['height'] ? ('height="' . $avatar_data['height'] . '" ') : '') .
-				'alt="' . ((!empty($user->lang[$alt])) ? $user->lang[$alt] : $alt) . '" />';
+			$src = 'src="' . $theme . '/images/no_avatar.gif"';
+			$html = '<img class="avatar" ' . $src . ' ' . 'alt="' . ((!empty($user->lang[$alt])) ? $user->lang[$alt] : $alt) . '" />';
 	}
 
 	if (empty($html) && !empty($avatar_data['src']))