diff --git a/src/static/js/timeslider.js b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
index ec237df5e..580a7a03d 100644
--- a/src/static/js/timeslider.js
+++ b/src/static/js/timeslider.js
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ function handleClientVars(message)
     fireWhenAllScriptsAreLoaded[i]();
   }
   $("#ui-slider-handle").css('left', $("#ui-slider-bar").width() - 2);
+
+  // Translate some strings where we only want to set the title not the actual values
+  $('#playpause_button_icon').attr("title", html10n.get("timeslider.playPause"));
+  $('#leftstep').attr("title", html10n.get("timeslider.backRevision"));
+  $('#rightstep').attr("title", html10n.get("timeslider.forwardRevision"));
+
 }
 
 exports.baseURL = '';
diff --git a/src/templates/timeslider.html b/src/templates/timeslider.html
index 45d7832d1..20688ea8a 100644
--- a/src/templates/timeslider.html
+++ b/src/templates/timeslider.html
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@
             <div id="ui-slider-bar"></div>
           </div>
           <div id="playpause_button">
-            <button id="playpause_button_icon" class="" data-l10n-id="timeslider.playPause"></button>
+            <button id="playpause_button_icon" class=""></button>
           </div>
           <div id="steppers">
-            <button class="stepper" id="leftstep" data-l10n-id="timeslider.backRevision"></button>
-            <button class="stepper" id="rightstep" data-l10n-id="timeslider.forwardRevision"></button>
+            <button class="stepper" id="leftstep"></button>
+            <button class="stepper" id="rightstep"></button>
           </div>
         </div>