diff --git a/layouts/partials/img-path.html b/layouts/partials/img-path.html
index e6b796e4..64ef9928 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/img-path.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/img-path.html
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
      Set the path depending on the value passed through
 
-     if path is title then it will use the LinkTitle from the Page variable
      if path is date then it will format the directory to year/date i.e. 2006/01
      Note: path will be concatenated to the root directory, img
 
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@
 -->
 
 {{ $src := $.Scratch.Get "path" }}
-{{ $alt := $.Scratch.Get "featuredalt" }}
-{{ $img := $.Scratch.Get "featured" }}
 {{ $structType := $.Scratch.Get "structType" }}
 
 {{ if eq $src "date" }}
diff --git a/layouts/post/featured.html b/layouts/post/featured.html
index 95376a5d..976bacab 100644
--- a/layouts/post/featured.html
+++ b/layouts/post/featured.html
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@
         {{ $.Scratch.Set "structType" "page" }}
         {{ partial "img-path" . }}
         {{ $path := $.Scratch.Get "path" }}
-        {{ $alt := $.Scratch.Get "alt" }}
-        {{ $img := $.Scratch.Get "img" }}
 
         <a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}" class="image featured">
-            <img src="{{ $path | relURL }}/{{ .Params.featured }}" alt="{{ $alt }}">
+            <img src="{{ $path | relURL }}/{{ .Params.featured }}" alt="{{ .Params.featuredalt }}">
         </a>
     {{ end }}
 {{ end }}