diff --git a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_attachment.jsx b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_attachment.jsx
index 1b2cddcd6b..57335b94a0 100644
--- a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_attachment.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_attachment.jsx
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ class PostAttachment extends React.Component {
                 author.push(
                     <img
                         className='attachment__author-icon'
-                        crossOrigin='anonymous'
                         src={data.author_icon}
                         key={'attachment__author-icon'}
                         height='14'
@@ -258,7 +257,6 @@ class PostAttachment extends React.Component {
             image = (
                 <img
                     className='attachment__image'
-                    crossOrigin='anonymous'
                     src={data.image_url}
                 />
             );
@@ -271,7 +269,6 @@ class PostAttachment extends React.Component {
                     className='attachment__thumb-container'
                 >
                     <img
-                        crossOrigin='anonymous'
                         src={data.thumb_url}
                     />
                 </div>
diff --git a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_attachment_opengraph.jsx b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_attachment_opengraph.jsx
index 13171202a5..da85905c04 100644
--- a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_attachment_opengraph.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_attachment_opengraph.jsx
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ export default class PostAttachmentOpenGraph extends React.Component {
                     element = this.wrapInSmallImageContainer(
                         <img
                             className={'attachment__image attachment__image--openraph'}
-                            crossOrigin='anonymous'
                             src={imageUrl}
                             ref={(img) => {
                                 this.smallImageElement = img;
diff --git a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_image.jsx b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_image.jsx
index 6fe954e990..9a761bfcaf 100644
--- a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_image.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_image.jsx
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export default class PostImageEmbed extends React.Component {
             return (
                 <img
                     className='img-div placeholder'
-                    crossOrigin='anonymous'
                     height='500px'
                 />
             );
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ export default class PostImageEmbed extends React.Component {
         return (
             <img
                 className='img-div'
-                crossOrigin='anonymous'
                 src={this.props.link}
             />
         );
diff --git a/webapp/components/profile_picture.jsx b/webapp/components/profile_picture.jsx
index 737a4400bd..7a5f892dbf 100644
--- a/webapp/components/profile_picture.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/profile_picture.jsx
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ export default class ProfilePicture extends React.Component {
                             width={this.props.width}
                             height={this.props.width}
                             src={this.props.src}
-                            crossOrigin='anonymous'
                         />
                         <StatusIcon status={this.props.status}/>
                     </span>
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ export default class ProfilePicture extends React.Component {
                     width={this.props.width}
                     height={this.props.width}
                     src={this.props.src}
-                    crossOrigin='anonymous'
                 />
                 <StatusIcon status={this.props.status}/>
             </span>
diff --git a/webapp/components/profile_popover.jsx b/webapp/components/profile_popover.jsx
index e21716cb36..c7d45474f7 100644
--- a/webapp/components/profile_popover.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/profile_popover.jsx
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ export default class ProfilePopover extends React.Component {
                 height='128'
                 width='128'
                 key='user-popover-image'
-                crossOrigin='anonymous'
             />
         );
 
diff --git a/webapp/tests/formatting_imgs.test.jsx b/webapp/tests/formatting_imgs.test.jsx
index fac9a755fe..604472671c 100644
--- a/webapp/tests/formatting_imgs.test.jsx
+++ b/webapp/tests/formatting_imgs.test.jsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('Markdown.Imgs', function() {
     it('Inline mage', function(done) {
         assert.equal(
             Markdown.format('![Mattermost](/images/icon.png)').trim(),
-            '<p><img src="/images/icon.png" alt="Mattermost" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img" crossorigin="anonymous"></p>'
+            '<p><img src="/images/icon.png" alt="Mattermost" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img"></p>'
         );
 
         done();
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('Markdown.Imgs', function() {
     it('Image with hover text', function(done) {
         assert.equal(
             Markdown.format('![Mattermost](/images/icon.png "Mattermost Icon")').trim(),
-            '<p><img src="/images/icon.png" alt="Mattermost" title="Mattermost Icon" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img" crossorigin="anonymous"></p>'
+            '<p><img src="/images/icon.png" alt="Mattermost" title="Mattermost Icon" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img"></p>'
         );
 
         done();
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Markdown.Imgs', function() {
     it('Image with link', function(done) {
         assert.equal(
             Markdown.format('[![Mattermost](../../images/icon-76x76.png)](https://github.com/mattermost/platform)').trim(),
-            '<p><a class="theme markdown__link" href="https://github.com/mattermost/platform" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="../../images/icon-76x76.png" alt="Mattermost" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img" crossorigin="anonymous"></a></p>'
+            '<p><a class="theme markdown__link" href="https://github.com/mattermost/platform" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="../../images/icon-76x76.png" alt="Mattermost" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img"></a></p>'
         );
 
         done();
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('Markdown.Imgs', function() {
     it('Image with width and height', function(done) {
         assert.equal(
             Markdown.format('![Mattermost](../../images/icon-76x76.png =50x76 "Mattermost Icon")').trim(),
-            '<p><img src="../../images/icon-76x76.png" alt="Mattermost" title="Mattermost Icon" width="50" height="76" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img" crossorigin="anonymous"></p>'
+            '<p><img src="../../images/icon-76x76.png" alt="Mattermost" title="Mattermost Icon" width="50" height="76" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img"></p>'
         );
 
         done();
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('Markdown.Imgs', function() {
     it('Image with width', function(done) {
         assert.equal(
             Markdown.format('![Mattermost](../../images/icon-76x76.png =50 "Mattermost Icon")').trim(),
-            '<p><img src="../../images/icon-76x76.png" alt="Mattermost" title="Mattermost Icon" width="50" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img" crossorigin="anonymous"></p>'
+            '<p><img src="../../images/icon-76x76.png" alt="Mattermost" title="Mattermost Icon" width="50" onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img"></p>'
         );
 
         done();
diff --git a/webapp/utils/markdown.jsx b/webapp/utils/markdown.jsx
index fa9c985c78..c84df0fa50 100644
--- a/webapp/utils/markdown.jsx
+++ b/webapp/utils/markdown.jsx
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ class MattermostMarkdownRenderer extends marked.Renderer {
             out += ' height="' + dimensions[1] + '"';
         }
         out += ' onload="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" onerror="window.markdownImageLoaded(this)" class="markdown-inline-img"';
-        out += ' crossorigin="anonymous"';
         out += this.options.xhtml ? '/>' : '>';
         return out;
     }