diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/components/header/site-branding.php b/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/components/header/site-branding.php
index d588cfaae0..ffa668d15e 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/components/header/site-branding.php
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/components/header/site-branding.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 			<?php $description = get_bloginfo( 'description', 'display' );
 				if ( $description || is_customize_preview() ) : ?>
-					<p class="site-description"><?php echo $description; /* WPCS: xss ok. */ ?></p>
+					<p class="site-description"><?php echo $description; ?></p>
 				<?php endif; ?>
 		</div><!-- .site-branding-text -->
 
diff --git a/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/template-tags.php b/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/template-tags.php
index 98733ff2a7..9848fd59b3 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/template-tags.php
+++ b/src/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/template-tags.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function twentyseventeen_posted_on() {
 	);
 
 	// Finally, let's write all of this to the page.
-	echo '<span class="posted-on">' . twentyseventeen_time_link() . '</span><span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>'; // WPCS: XSS OK.
+	echo '<span class="posted-on">' . twentyseventeen_time_link() . '</span><span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>';
 }
 endif;
 
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ function twentyseventeen_entry_footer() {
 
 						// Make sure there's more than one category before displaying.
 						if ( $categories_list && twentyseventeen_categorized_blog() ) {
-							echo '<span class="cat-links">' . twentyseventeen_get_svg( array( 'icon' => 'folder-open' ) ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Categories', 'twentyseventeen' ) . '</span>' . $categories_list . '</span>'; // WPCS: XSS OK.
+							echo '<span class="cat-links">' . twentyseventeen_get_svg( array( 'icon' => 'folder-open' ) ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Categories', 'twentyseventeen' ) . '</span>' . $categories_list . '</span>';
 						}
 
 						if ( $tags_list ) {
-							echo '<span class="tags-links">' . twentyseventeen_get_svg( array( 'icon' => 'hashtag' ) ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Tags', 'twentyseventeen' ) . '</span>' . $tags_list . '</span>'; // WPCS: XSS OK.
+							echo '<span class="tags-links">' . twentyseventeen_get_svg( array( 'icon' => 'hashtag' ) ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Tags', 'twentyseventeen' ) . '</span>' . $tags_list . '</span>';
 						}
 
 					echo '</span>';