diff --git a/recipes/economist.recipe b/recipes/economist.recipe
index 3388db77de..1a824c7d58 100644
--- a/recipes/economist.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist.recipe
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 yield x
 
     def postprocess_html(self, soup, first):
+        for img in soup.findAll('img', srcset=True):
+            del img['srcset']
         for table in list(self.eco_find_image_tables(soup)):
             caption = table.find('font')
             img = table.find('img')
diff --git a/recipes/economist_free.recipe b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
index 3388db77de..1a824c7d58 100644
--- a/recipes/economist_free.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 yield x
 
     def postprocess_html(self, soup, first):
+        for img in soup.findAll('img', srcset=True):
+            del img['srcset']
         for table in list(self.eco_find_image_tables(soup)):
             caption = table.find('font')
             img = table.find('img')
diff --git a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
index 74b99c3706..280daed696 100644
--- a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
+++ b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ class NewYorkReviewOfBooks(BasicNewsRecipe):
             i.extract()
         return soup
 
+    def postprocess_html(self, soup, first):
+        for img in soup.findAll('img', srcset=True):
+            del img['srcset']
+        return soup
+
     def parse_index(self):
         soup = self.index_to_soup('http://www.nybooks.com/current-issue')