diff --git a/layouts/partials/widgets/about.html b/layouts/partials/widgets/about.html
index 57456490..50bd1b42 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/widgets/about.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/widgets/about.html
@@ -17,32 +17,30 @@
 {{ $avatar := ($person_page.Resources.ByType "image").GetMatch "*avatar*" }}
 
 <!-- About widget -->
-<div class="row" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemref="{{ if site.Params.email }}person-email{{ end }}{{ if site.Params.phone }} person-telephone{{ end }}{{ if site.Params.address}} person-address{{ end }}">
+<div class="row">
   <div class="col-12 col-lg-4">
     <div id="profile">
 
       {{ if site.Params.gravatar }}
-      <img class="portrait" src="https://s.gravatar.com/avatar/{{ md5 $person.email }}?s=200')" itemprop="image" alt="Avatar">
+      <img class="portrait" src="https://s.gravatar.com/avatar/{{ md5 $person.email }}?s=200')" alt="Avatar">
       {{ else if $avatar }}
       {{ $avatar_image := $avatar.Fill "250x250 Center" }}
-      <img class="portrait" src="{{ $avatar_image.RelPermalink }}" itemprop="image" alt="Avatar">
+      <img class="portrait" src="{{ $avatar_image.RelPermalink }}" alt="Avatar">
       {{ end }}
 
       <div class="portrait-title">
-        <h2 itemprop="name">{{ $person.name }}</h2>
-        {{ with $person.role }}<h3 itemprop="jobTitle">{{ . | markdownify | emojify }}</h3>{{ end }}
+        <h2>{{ $person.name }}</h2>
+        {{ with $person.role }}<h3>{{ . | markdownify | emojify }}</h3>{{ end }}
 
         {{ range $person.organizations }}
-        <h3 itemprop="worksFor" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
-          {{ with .url }}<a href="{{ . }}" target="_blank" itemprop="url" rel="noopener">{{ end }}
-          <span itemprop="name">{{ .name }}</span>
+        <h3>
+          {{ with .url }}<a href="{{ . }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{{ end }}
+          <span>{{ .name }}</span>
           {{ if .url }}</a>{{ end }}
         </h3>
         {{ end }}
       </div>
 
-      <link itemprop="url" href="{{ .Permalink }}">
-
       <ul class="network-icon" aria-hidden="true">
         {{ range $person.social }}
         {{ $pack := or .icon_pack "fas" }}
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@
           {{ $target = "target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"" }}
         {{ end }}
         <li>
-          <a itemprop="sameAs" href="{{ $link | safeURL }}" {{ $target | safeHTMLAttr }}>
+          <a href="{{ $link | safeURL }}" {{ $target | safeHTMLAttr }}>
             <i class="{{ $pack }} {{ $pack_prefix }}-{{ .icon }} big-icon"></i>
           </a>
         </li>
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@
 
     </div>
   </div>
-  <div class="col-12 col-lg-8" itemprop="description">
+  <div class="col-12 col-lg-8">
 
     {{/* Only display widget title in explicit instances of about widget, not in author pages. */}}
     {{ if and $page.Params.widget $page.Title }}<h1>{{ $page.Title | markdownify | emojify }}</h1>{{ end }}