diff --git a/theme/epub/epub.xsl b/theme/epub/epub.xsl
index 689209dd..92ead364 100644
--- a/theme/epub/epub.xsl
+++ b/theme/epub/epub.xsl
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@
   <!-- Add title heading elements for different admonition types that do not already have headings in markup -->
   <xsl:param name="add.title.heading.for.admonitions" select="1"/>  
 
+  <!-- Drop @width attributes from table headers if present -->
+  <xsl:template match="h:th/@width"/>
+
+  <!-- Drop @width attributes from images if present -->
+  <xsl:template match="h:img/@width"/>
+
 </xsl:stylesheet>