diff --git a/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb b/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb
index a54618ec4..bd9fa7813 100644
--- a/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Shared::AvatarComponent < ApplicationComponent
   private
 
     def default_options
-      { background_color: colors[seed % colors.size] }
+      { background_color: colors[seed % colors.size], alt: "" }
     end
 
     def options
diff --git a/spec/components/shared/avatar_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/shared/avatar_component_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fbb83a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/components/shared/avatar_component_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe Shared::AvatarComponent do
+  it "does not contain redundant text already present around it" do
+    render_inline Shared::AvatarComponent.new(double(id: 1, name: "Johnny"))
+
+    expect(page).to have_css "img", count: 1
+    expect(page).to have_css "img[alt='']"
+  end
+end