diff --git a/docs/_includes/footer.html b/docs/_includes/footer.html
index 3b912c3228..561d4110ca 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/footer.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<footer class="bd-footer text-muted" role="contentinfo">
+<footer class="bd-footer text-muted">
   <div class="container">
     <ul class="bd-footer-links">
       <li><a href="{{ site.repo }}">GitHub</a></li>
diff --git a/docs/_includes/nav-home.html b/docs/_includes/nav-home.html
index a347a5f7cd..0436e2dbe7 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/nav-home.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/nav-home.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<header class="navbar navbar-light navbar-static-top bd-navbar" role="banner">
+<header class="navbar navbar-light navbar-static-top bd-navbar">
   <div class="container">
     {% comment %}
     <nav class="nav navbar-nav pull-xs-right">
diff --git a/docs/components/scrollspy.md b/docs/components/scrollspy.md
index 4ae0fa219d..622469aa10 100644
--- a/docs/components/scrollspy.md
+++ b/docs/components/scrollspy.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ group: components
 The ScrollSpy plugin is for automatically updating nav targets based on scroll position. Scroll the area below the navbar and watch the active class change. The dropdown sub items will be highlighted as well.
 
 <div class="bd-example">
-  <nav id="navbar-example2" class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">
+  <nav id="navbar-example2" class="navbar navbar-default">
     <h3 class="navbar-brand">Project Name</h3>
     <ul class="nav nav-pills">
       <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#fat">@fat</a></li>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index dee6567886..6f88f4254a 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: home
 title: Bootstrap &middot; The world's most popular mobile-first and responsive front-end framework.
 ---
 
-<main class="bd-masthead" id="content" role="main">
+<main class="bd-masthead" id="content">
   <div class="container">
     <span class="bd-booticon outline">B</span>
     <p class="lead">Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework in the world for building responsive, mobile-first projects on the web.</p>
diff --git a/js/tests/visual/dropdown.html b/js/tests/visual/dropdown.html
index f0d6f159e0..11474728ec 100644
--- a/js/tests/visual/dropdown.html
+++ b/js/tests/visual/dropdown.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <h1>Dropdown <small>Bootstrap Visual Test</small></h1>
   </div>
 
-  <nav id="navbar-example" class="navbar navbar-light bg-faded" role="navigation">
+  <nav id="navbar-example" class="navbar navbar-light bg-faded">
     <button class="navbar-toggler hidden-sm-up" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#exCollapsingNavbar2">
       &#9776;
     </button>
diff --git a/js/tests/visual/scrollspy.html b/js/tests/visual/scrollspy.html
index dc1dfc82fe..efe6f593bb 100644
--- a/js/tests/visual/scrollspy.html
+++ b/js/tests/visual/scrollspy.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 <div class="container">
 
-  <nav class="navbar navbar-dark navbar-fixed-top bg-inverse" role="navigation">
+  <nav class="navbar navbar-dark navbar-fixed-top bg-inverse">
     <div class="js-navbar-scrollspy">
       <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
         <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link active" href="#fat">@fat</a></li>