diff --git a/recipes/economist.recipe b/recipes/economist.recipe
index e3176b9793..0e01e31165 100644
--- a/recipes/economist.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist.recipe
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
     ]
     keep_only_tags = [dict(name='article', id=lambda x: not x)]
     no_stylesheets = True
-    remove_attributes = ['data-reactid']
+    remove_attributes = ['data-reactid', 'width', 'height']
     # economist.com has started throttling after about 60% of the total has
     # downloaded with connection reset by peer (104) errors.
     delay = 1
diff --git a/recipes/economist_free.recipe b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
index e3176b9793..0e01e31165 100644
--- a/recipes/economist_free.recipe
+++ b/recipes/economist_free.recipe
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class Economist(BasicNewsRecipe):
     ]
     keep_only_tags = [dict(name='article', id=lambda x: not x)]
     no_stylesheets = True
-    remove_attributes = ['data-reactid']
+    remove_attributes = ['data-reactid', 'width', 'height']
     # economist.com has started throttling after about 60% of the total has
     # downloaded with connection reset by peer (104) errors.
     delay = 1