diff --git a/lisp/ox-html.el b/lisp/ox-html.el
index 0f73cfe92..5c1f4f6d0 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-html.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-html.el
@@ -1782,9 +1782,7 @@ a communication channel."
                     (org-html-encode-plain-text
                      (org-find-text-property-in-string 'org-latex-src source))
                   (file-name-nondirectory source)))
-     (if (string= "svg" (file-name-extension source))
-         (org-combine-plists '(:class "org-svg") attributes '(:fallback nil))
-       attributes)))
+     attributes))
    info))
 
 (defun org-html--textarea-block (element)