diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/gantt.spec.js b/cypress/integration/rendering/gantt.spec.js
index b75e682c6..c0156eee3 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/gantt.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/gantt.spec.js
@@ -310,38 +310,6 @@ describe('Gantt diagram', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('should render accessibility tags', function () {
-    const expectedTitle = 'Gantt Diagram';
-    const expectedAccDescription = 'Tasks for Q4';
-    renderGraph(
-      `
-      gantt
-      accTitle: ${expectedTitle}
-      accDescr: ${expectedAccDescription}
-      dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
-      section Section
-      A task :a1, 2014-01-01, 30d
-      `,
-      {}
-    );
-    cy.get('svg').should((svg) => {
-      const el = svg.get(0);
-      const children = Array.from(el.children);
-
-      const titleEl = children.find(function (node) {
-        return node.tagName === 'title';
-      });
-      const descriptionEl = children.find(function (node) {
-        return node.tagName === 'desc';
-      });
-
-      expect(titleEl).to.exist;
-      expect(titleEl.textContent).to.equal(expectedTitle);
-      expect(descriptionEl).to.exist;
-      expect(descriptionEl.textContent).to.equal(expectedAccDescription);
-    });
-  });
-
   it('should render a gantt diagram with tick is 15 minutes', () => {
     imgSnapshotTest(
       `
diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/requirement.spec.js b/cypress/integration/rendering/requirement.spec.js
index be27f39fa..0bf9014bf 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/requirement.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/requirement.spec.js
@@ -46,69 +46,4 @@ describe('Requirement diagram', () => {
     );
     cy.get('svg');
   });
-
-  it('should render accessibility tags', function () {
-    const expectedTitle = 'Gantt Diagram';
-    const expectedAccDescription = 'Tasks for Q4';
-    renderGraph(
-      `
-    requirementDiagram
-    accTitle: ${expectedTitle}
-    accDescr: ${expectedAccDescription}
-
-    requirement test_req {
-    id: 1
-    text: the test text.
-    risk: high
-    verifymethod: test
-    }
-
-    functionalRequirement test_req2 {
-    id: 1.1
-    text: the second test text.
-    risk: low
-    verifymethod: inspection
-    }
-
-    performanceRequirement test_req3 {
-    id: 1.2
-    text: the third test text.
-    risk: medium
-    verifymethod: demonstration
-    }
-
-    element test_entity {
-    type: simulation
-    }
-
-    element test_entity2 {
-    type: word doc
-    docRef: reqs/test_entity
-    }
-
-
-    test_entity - satisfies -> test_req2
-    test_req - traces -> test_req2
-    test_req - contains -> test_req3
-    test_req <- copies - test_entity2
-      `,
-      {}
-    );
-    cy.get('svg').should((svg) => {
-      const el = svg.get(0);
-      const children = Array.from(el.children);
-
-      const titleEl = children.find(function (node) {
-        return node.tagName === 'title';
-      });
-      const descriptionEl = children.find(function (node) {
-        return node.tagName === 'desc';
-      });
-
-      expect(titleEl).to.exist;
-      expect(titleEl.textContent).to.equal(expectedTitle);
-      expect(descriptionEl).to.exist;
-      expect(descriptionEl.textContent).to.equal(expectedAccDescription);
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/c4/c4Renderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/c4/c4Renderer.js
index a2d7813c6..580abbccc 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/c4/c4Renderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/c4/c4Renderer.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import * as configApi from '../../config';
 import assignWithDepth from '../../assignWithDepth';
 import { wrapLabel, calculateTextWidth, calculateTextHeight } from '../../utils';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 let globalBoundaryMaxX = 0,
   globalBoundaryMaxY = 0;
@@ -676,7 +675,6 @@ export const draw = function (_text, id, _version, diagObj) {
       (height + extraVertForTitle)
   );
 
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(parser.yy, diagram, id);
   log.debug(`models:`, box);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.js
index 75e7cdafb..9c7002aa4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { curveLinear } from 'd3';
 import { interpolateToCurve, getStylesFromArray } from '../../utils';
 import { setupGraphViewbox } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
 import common from '../common/common';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 let idCache = {};
 
@@ -452,7 +451,6 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, _version, diagObj) {
     }
   }
 
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, svg, id);
   // If node has a link, wrap it in an anchor SVG object.
   // const keys = Object.keys(classes);
   // keys.forEach(function(key) {
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
index 4e4b31a82..b66222ccc 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { log } from '../../logger';
 import svgDraw from './svgDraw';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
 import { getConfig } from '../../config';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 let idCache = {};
 const padding = 20;
@@ -272,7 +271,6 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, _version, diagObj) {
   const vBox = `${svgBounds.x - padding} ${svgBounds.y - padding} ${width} ${height}`;
   log.debug(`viewBox ${vBox}`);
   diagram.attr('viewBox', vBox);
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, diagram, id);
 };
 
 export default {
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/erRenderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/erRenderer.js
index f29eb44d7..ac32a0287 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/erRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/erRenderer.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { getConfig } from '../../config';
 import { log } from '../../logger';
 import erMarkers from './erMarkers';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 import { parseGenericTypes } from '../common/common';
 import { v4 as uuid4 } from 'uuid';
 
@@ -656,8 +655,6 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, _version, diagObj) {
   configureSvgSize(svg, height, width, conf.useMaxWidth);
 
   svg.attr('viewBox', `${svgBounds.x - padding} ${svgBounds.y - padding} ${width} ${height}`);
-
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, svg, id);
 }; // draw
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/parser/erDiagram.spec.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/parser/erDiagram.spec.js
index eb738fe4b..6131f7697 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/parser/erDiagram.spec.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/er/parser/erDiagram.spec.js
@@ -337,22 +337,6 @@ describe('when parsing ER diagram it...', function () {
     expect(erDb.getAccDescription()).toBe('this graph is about stuff');
   });
 
-  it('should allow for a accessibility title and multi line description (accDescr)', function () {
-    const teacherRole = 'is teacher of';
-    const line1 = `TEACHER }o--o{ STUDENT : "${teacherRole}"`;
-
-    erDiagram.parser.parse(
-      `erDiagram
-      accTitle: graph title
-      accDescr {
-        this graph is about stuff
-      }\n
-      ${line1}`
-    );
-    expect(erDb.getAccTitle()).toBe('graph title');
-    expect(erDb.getAccDescription()).toBe('this graph is about stuff');
-  });
-
   it('should allow more than one relationship between the same two entities', function () {
     const line1 = 'CAR ||--o{ PERSON : "insured for"';
     const line2 = 'CAR }o--|| PERSON : "owned by"';
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v2.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v2.js
index a5f991a86..437c5a120 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v2.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v2.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { log } from '../../logger';
 import common, { evaluate } from '../common/common';
 import { interpolateToCurve, getStylesFromArray } from '../../utils';
 import { setupGraphViewbox } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 const conf = {};
 export const setConf = function (cnf) {
@@ -430,9 +429,6 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, _version, diagObj) {
   // Set up an SVG group so that we can translate the final graph.
   const svg = root.select(`[id="${id}"]`);
 
-  // Adds title and description to the flow chart
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, svg, id);
-
   // Run the renderer. This is what draws the final graph.
   const element = root.select('#' + id + ' g');
   render(element, g, ['point', 'circle', 'cross'], 'flowchart', id);
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
index e9069ff4d..69eb8a9f3 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import common, { evaluate } from '../common/common';
 import { interpolateToCurve, getStylesFromArray } from '../../utils';
 import { setupGraphViewbox } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
 import flowChartShapes from './flowChartShapes';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 const conf = {};
 export const setConf = function (cnf) {
@@ -417,9 +416,6 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, _version, diagObj) {
   // Set up an SVG group so that we can translate the final graph.
   const svg = root.select(`[id="${id}"]`);
 
-  // Adds title and description to the flow chart
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, svg, id);
-
   // Run the renderer. This is what draws the final graph.
   const element = root.select('#' + id + ' g');
   render(element, g);
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttRenderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttRenderer.js
index dc92be1f0..9840cede4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttRenderer.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
 import common from '../common/common';
 import { getConfig } from '../../config';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 export const setConf = function () {
   log.debug('Something is calling, setConf, remove the call');
@@ -116,8 +115,6 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, version, diagObj) {
     .attr('y', conf.titleTopMargin)
     .attr('class', 'titleText');
 
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, svg, id);
-
   /**
    * @param tasks
    * @param pageWidth
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/git/gitGraphRenderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/git/gitGraphRenderer.js
index c9e02a1e4..fdd07059c 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/git/gitGraphRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/git/gitGraphRenderer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { select } from 'd3';
 import { getConfig, setupGraphViewbox } from '../../diagram-api/diagramAPI';
 import { log } from '../../logger';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 let allCommitsDict = {};
 
@@ -512,9 +511,6 @@ export const draw = function (txt, id, ver, diagObj) {
 
   const diagram = select(`[id="${id}"]`);
 
-  // Adds title and description to the flow chart
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, diagram, id);
-
   drawCommits(diagram, allCommitsDict, false);
   if (gitGraphConfig.showBranches) {
     drawBranches(diagram, branches);
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/pie/pieRenderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/pie/pieRenderer.js
index daddfda86..d02f97f3f 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/pie/pieRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/pie/pieRenderer.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { select, scaleOrdinal, pie as d3pie, arc } from 'd3';
 import { log } from '../../logger';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
 import * as configApi from '../../config';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 let conf = configApi.getConfig();
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ export const draw = (txt, id, _version, diagObj) => {
     const diagram = root.select('#' + id);
     configureSvgSize(diagram, height, width, conf.pie.useMaxWidth);
 
-    addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, diagram, id);
     // Set viewBox
     elem.setAttribute('viewBox', '0 0 ' + width + ' ' + height);
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementRenderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementRenderer.js
index 60f456f0b..9b5675adf 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementRenderer.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
 import common from '../common/common';
 import markers from './requirementMarkers';
 import { getConfig } from '../../config';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 let conf = {};
 let relCnt = 0;
@@ -363,8 +362,6 @@ export const draw = (text, id, _version, diagObj) => {
   configureSvgSize(svg, height, width, conf.useMaxWidth);
 
   svg.attr('viewBox', `${svgBounds.x - padding} ${svgBounds.y - padding} ${width} ${height}`);
-  // Adds title and description to the requirements diagram
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, svg, id);
 };
 
 export default {
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts
index bf8a512c1..356b1d4c4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@ import * as configApi from '../../config';
 import assignWithDepth from '../../assignWithDepth';
 import utils from '../../utils';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 import Diagram from '../../Diagram';
 
-// FIXME insert a11y title and desc
-
 let conf = {};
 
 export const bounds = {
@@ -906,7 +903,6 @@ export const draw = function (_text: string, id: string, _version: string, diagO
       (height + extraVertForTitle)
   );
 
-  addSVGAccessibilityFields(diagObj.db, diagram, id);
   log.debug(`models:`, bounds.models);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer-v2.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer-v2.js
index e3255bc65..ca0cf039c 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer-v2.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer-v2.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { render } from '../../dagre-wrapper/index.js';
 import { log } from '../../logger';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
 import common from '../common/common';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 import {
   DEFAULT_DIAGRAM_DIRECTION,
   DEFAULT_NESTED_DOC_DIR,
@@ -472,7 +471,6 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, _version, diag) {
     label.insertBefore(rect, label.firstChild);
     // }
   }
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diag.db, svg, id);
 };
 
 export default {
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer.js
index b69d1aaee..e4e882106 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/state/stateRenderer.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import common from '../common/common';
 import { drawState, addTitleAndBox, drawEdge } from './shapes';
 import { getConfig } from '../../config';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
 
 // TODO Move conf object to main conf in mermaidAPI
 let conf;
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, _version, diagObj) {
     'viewBox',
     `${bounds.x - conf.padding}  ${bounds.y - conf.padding} ` + width + ' ' + height
   );
-  addSVGa11yTitleDescription(diagObj.db, diagram, id);
 };
 const getLabelWidth = (text) => {
   return text ? text.length * conf.fontSizeFactor : 1;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/user-journey/journeyRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/user-journey/journeyRenderer.ts
index 5a2c1283d..f3b6acb25 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/user-journey/journeyRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/user-journey/journeyRenderer.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import { select } from 'd3';
 import svgDraw from './svgDraw';
 import { getConfig } from '../../config';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox';
-import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription } from '../../accessibility';
-// FIXME insert a11y title and desc
 
 export const setConf = function (cnf) {
   const keys = Object.keys(cnf);
@@ -122,8 +120,6 @@ export const draw = function (text, id, version, diagObj) {
   diagram.attr('viewBox', `${box.startx} -25 ${width} ${height + extraVertForTitle}`);
   diagram.attr('preserveAspectRatio', 'xMinYMin meet');
   diagram.attr('height', height + extraVertForTitle + 25);
-
-  addSVGAccessibilityFields(diagObj.db, diagram, id);
 };
 
 export const bounds = {