diff --git a/cms/templates/settings.html b/cms/templates/settings.html
index 050eba6957..0c2e5f6be8 100644
--- a/cms/templates/settings.html
+++ b/cms/templates/settings.html
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ from contentstore import utils
                         <div class="field">
                           <div class="input input-existing">
                             <div class="current current-faculty-1-photo">
-                              <img src="http://placehold.it/400x300&text=Faculty+Photo" alt="Faculty Photo" />
                               <a href="#" class="remove-item remove-faculty-photo remove-video-data"><span class="delete-icon"></span> Delete Faculty Photo</a>
                             </div>
                           </div>
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/video-box-unused.html b/cms/templates/widgets/video-box-unused.html
index 3d643ff3c9..1ef7f2250d 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/video-box-unused.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/video-box-unused.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <li class="video-box">
 
-  <div class="thumb"><img src="http://placehold.it/100x65" /></div>
+  <div class="thumb"></div>
 
   <div class="meta">
     <strong>video-name</strong> 236mb Uploaded 6 hours ago by <em>Anant Agrawal</em>
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/video-box.html b/cms/templates/widgets/video-box.html
index 1f17e33511..60133bedfb 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/video-box.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/video-box.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <li class="video-box">
-  <div class="thumb"><img src="http://placehold.it/155x90" /></div>
+  <div class="thumb"></div>
 
   <div class="meta">
     <strong>video-name</strong> 236mb