diff --git a/core/includes/common.inc b/core/includes/common.inc
index f8d1aab..d19582e 100644
--- a/core/includes/common.inc
+++ b/core/includes/common.inc
@@ -6564,7 +6564,7 @@ function drupal_common_theme() {
       // - http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#alt
       // The title attribute is optional in all cases, so it is omitted by
       // default.
-      'variables' => array('path' => NULL, 'width' => NULL, 'height' => NULL, 'alt' => '', 'title' => NULL, 'attributes' => array()),
+      'variables' => array('uri' => NULL, 'width' => NULL, 'height' => NULL, 'alt' => '', 'title' => NULL, 'attributes' => array()),
     ),
     'breadcrumb' => array(
       'variables' => array('breadcrumb' => NULL),
diff --git a/core/includes/theme.inc b/core/includes/theme.inc
index 68dd70b..3ccd71c 100644
--- a/core/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/core/includes/theme.inc
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ function theme_links($variables) {
  *
  * @param $variables
  *   An associative array containing:
- *   - path: Either the path of the image file (relative to base_path()) or a
+ *   - uri: Either the path of the image file (relative to base_path()) or a
  *     full URL.
  *   - width: The width of the image (if known).
  *   - height: The height of the image (if known).
@@ -1658,10 +1658,9 @@ function theme_links($variables) {
  */
 function theme_image($variables) {
   $attributes = $variables['attributes'];
-  $attributes['src'] = file_create_url($variables['path']);
+  $attributes['src'] = file_create_url($variables['uri']);
 
   foreach (array('width', 'height', 'alt', 'title') as $key) {
-
     if (isset($variables[$key])) {
       $attributes[$key] = $variables[$key];
     }
@@ -1909,10 +1908,10 @@ function theme_table($variables) {
  */
 function theme_tablesort_indicator($variables) {
   if ($variables['style'] == "asc") {
-    return theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/arrow-asc.png', 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'alt' => t('sort ascending'), 'title' => t('sort ascending')));
+    return theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/arrow-asc.png', 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'alt' => t('sort ascending'), 'title' => t('sort ascending')));
   }
   else {
-    return theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/arrow-desc.png', 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'alt' => t('sort descending'), 'title' => t('sort descending')));
+    return theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/arrow-desc.png', 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'alt' => t('sort descending'), 'title' => t('sort descending')));
   }
 }
 
@@ -2046,7 +2045,7 @@ function theme_more_help_link($variables) {
  */
 function theme_feed_icon($variables) {
   $text = t('Subscribe to @feed-title', array('@feed-title' => $variables['title']));
-  if ($image = theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/feed.png', 'width' => 16, 'height' => 16, 'alt' => $text))) {
+  if ($image = theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/feed.png', 'width' => 16, 'height' => 16, 'alt' => $text))) {
     return l($image, $variables['url'], array('html' => TRUE, 'attributes' => array('class' => array('feed-icon'), 'title' => $text)));
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/color/color.module b/core/modules/color/color.module
index 7665631..ca6f4f2 100644
--- a/core/modules/color/color.module
+++ b/core/modules/color/color.module
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function _color_theme_select_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
   foreach (element_children($form) as $theme) {
     if ($screenshot = variable_get('color_' . $theme . '_screenshot')) {
       if (isset($form[$theme]['screenshot'])) {
-        $form[$theme]['screenshot']['#markup'] = theme('image', array('path' => $screenshot, 'title' => '', 'attributes' => array('class' => array('screenshot'))));
+        $form[$theme]['screenshot']['#markup'] = theme('image', array('uri' => $screenshot, 'title' => '', 'attributes' => array('class' => array('screenshot'))));
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/image/image.admin.inc b/core/modules/image/image.admin.inc
index d72fdf4..ecd5364 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/image.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.admin.inc
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ function theme_image_style_preview($variables) {
   $output .= '<div class="preview-image-wrapper">';
   $output .= t('original') . ' (' . l(t('view actual size'), $original_url) . ')';
   $output .= '<div class="preview-image original-image" style="' . $original_attributes['style'] . '">';
-  $output .= '<a href="' . $original_url . '">' . theme('image', array('path' => $original_path, 'alt' => t('Sample original image'), 'title' => '', 'attributes' => $original_attributes)) . '</a>';
+  $output .= '<a href="' . $original_url . '">' . theme('image', array('uri' => $original_path, 'alt' => t('Sample original image'), 'title' => '', 'attributes' => $original_attributes)) . '</a>';
   $output .= '<div class="height" style="height: ' . $original_height . 'px"><span>' . $original_image['height'] . 'px</span></div>';
   $output .= '<div class="width" style="width: ' . $original_width . 'px"><span>' . $original_image['width'] . 'px</span></div>';
   $output .= '</div>'; // End preview-image.
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ function theme_image_style_preview($variables) {
   $output .= '<div class="preview-image-wrapper">';
   $output .= check_plain($style['name']) . ' (' . l(t('view actual size'), file_create_url($preview_file) . '?' . time()) . ')';
   $output .= '<div class="preview-image modified-image" style="' . $preview_attributes['style'] . '">';
-  $output .= '<a href="' . file_create_url($preview_file) . '?' . time() . '">' . theme('image', array('path' => $preview_url, 'alt' => t('Sample modified image'), 'title' => '', 'attributes' => $preview_attributes)) . '</a>';
+  $output .= '<a href="' . file_create_url($preview_file) . '?' . time() . '">' . theme('image', array('uri' => $preview_url, 'alt' => t('Sample modified image'), 'title' => '', 'attributes' => $preview_attributes)) . '</a>';
   $output .= '<div class="height" style="height: ' . $preview_height . 'px"><span>' . $preview_image['height'] . 'px</span></div>';
   $output .= '<div class="width" style="width: ' . $preview_width . 'px"><span>' . $preview_image['width'] . 'px</span></div>';
   $output .= '</div>'; // End preview-image.
diff --git a/core/modules/image/image.field.inc b/core/modules/image/image.field.inc
index c3ac1d5..c1a3839 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/image.field.inc
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.field.inc
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ function image_field_widget_process($element, &$form_state, $form) {
   if ($element['#file'] && $widget_settings['preview_image_style']) {
     $variables = array(
       'style_name' => $widget_settings['preview_image_style'],
-      'path' => $element['#file']->uri,
+      'uri' => $element['#file']->uri,
     );
 
     // Determine image dimensions.
@@ -569,33 +569,24 @@ function image_field_formatter_view($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $l
  *   An associative array containing:
  *   - item: An array of image data.
  *   - image_style: An optional image style.
- *   - path: An array containing the link 'path' and link 'options'.
+ *   - path: An optional array containing the link 'path' and link 'options'.
  *
  * @ingroup themeable
  */
 function theme_image_formatter($variables) {
   $item = $variables['item'];
-  $image = array(
-    'path' => $item['uri'],
-    'alt' => $item['alt'],
-  );
-
-  if (isset($item['width']) && isset($item['height'])) {
-    $image['width'] = $item['width'];
-    $image['height'] = $item['height'];
-  }
 
   // Do not output an empty 'title' attribute.
   if (drupal_strlen($item['title']) > 0) {
-    $image['title'] = $item['title'];
+    unset($item['title']);
   }
 
   if ($variables['image_style']) {
-    $image['style_name'] = $variables['image_style'];
-    $output = theme('image_style', $image);
+    $item['style_name'] = $variables['image_style'];
+    $output = theme('image_style', $item);
   }
   else {
-    $output = theme('image', $image);
+    $output = theme('image', $item);
   }
 
   if (!empty($variables['path']['path'])) {
diff --git a/core/modules/image/image.module b/core/modules/image/image.module
index 54d98eb..5cdd9c5 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/image.module
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.module
@@ -876,15 +876,15 @@ function image_style_flush($style) {
  *
  * @param $style_name
  *   The name of the style to be used with this image.
- * @param $path
+ * @param $uri
  *   The path to the image.
  * @return
  *   The absolute URL where a style image can be downloaded, suitable for use
  *   in an <img> tag. Requesting the URL will cause the image to be created.
  * @see image_style_deliver()
  */
-function image_style_url($style_name, $path) {
-  $uri = image_style_path($style_name, $path);
+function image_style_url($style_name, $uri) {
+  $uri = image_style_path($style_name, $uri);
 
   // If not using clean URLs, the image derivative callback is only available
   // with the query string. If the file does not exist, use url() to ensure
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ function image_effect_apply($image, $effect) {
  * @param $variables
  *   An associative array containing:
  *   - style_name: The name of the style to be used to alter the original image.
- *   - path: The path of the image file relative to the Drupal files directory.
+ *   - uri: The path of the image file relative to the Drupal files directory.
  *     This function does not work with images outside the files directory nor
  *     with remotely hosted images.
  *   - width: The width of the source image (if known).
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ function theme_image_style($variables) {
   $variables['height'] = $dimensions['height'];
 
   // Determine the url for the styled image.
-  $variables['path'] = image_style_url($variables['style_name'], $variables['path']);
+  $variables['uri'] = image_style_url($variables['style_name'], $variables['uri']);
   return theme('image', $variables);
 }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/image/image.test b/core/modules/image/image.test
index a29b4f3..70f69e7 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/image.test
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.test
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ class ImageFieldDisplayTestCase extends ImageFieldTestCase {
     // Test that the default formatter is being used.
     $image_uri = $node->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['uri'];
     $image_info = array(
-      'path' => $image_uri,
+      'uri' => $image_uri,
       'width' => 40,
       'height' => 20,
     );
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ class ImageFieldDisplayTestCase extends ImageFieldTestCase {
     // Ensure the derivative image is generated so we do not have to deal with
     // image style callback paths.
     $this->drupalGet(image_style_url('thumbnail', $image_uri));
-    $image_info['path'] = image_style_path('thumbnail', $image_uri);
+    $image_info['uri'] = image_style_path('thumbnail', $image_uri);
     $image_info['width'] = 100;
     $image_info['height'] = 50;
     $default_output = theme('image', $image_info);
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ class ImageFieldDisplayTestCase extends ImageFieldTestCase {
     // style.
     $node = node_load($nid, NULL, TRUE);
     $image_info = array(
-      'path' => image_style_url('medium', $node->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['uri']),
+      'uri' => image_style_url('medium', $node->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['uri']),
       'width' => 220,
       'height' => 110,
     );
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ class ImageFieldDisplayTestCase extends ImageFieldTestCase {
 
     // Add alt/title fields to the image and verify that they are displayed.
     $image_info = array(
-      'path' => $node->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['uri'],
+      'uri' => $node->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['uri'],
       'alt' => $this->randomName(),
       'title' => $this->randomName(),
       'width' => 40,
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ class ImageFieldDisplayTestCase extends ImageFieldTestCase {
     $field = field_info_field($field_name);
     $image = file_load($field['settings']['default_image']);
     $this->assertTrue($image->status == FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT, t('The default image status is permanent.'));
-    $default_output = theme('image', array('path' => $image->uri));
+    $default_output = theme('image', array('uri' => $image->uri));
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
     $this->assertRaw($default_output, t('Default image displayed when no user supplied image is present.'));
 
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ class ImageFieldDisplayTestCase extends ImageFieldTestCase {
     $nid = $this->uploadNodeImage($images[1], $field_name, 'article');
     $node = node_load($nid, NULL, TRUE);
     $image_info = array(
-      'path' => $node->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['uri'],
+      'uri' => $node->{$field_name}[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['uri'],
       'width' => 40,
       'height' => 20,
     );
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ class ImageFieldDisplayTestCase extends ImageFieldTestCase {
     // Create a new node with no image attached and ensure that default private
     // image is displayed.
     $node = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('type' => 'article'));
-    $default_output = theme('image', array('path' => $image->uri));
+    $default_output = theme('image', array('uri' => $image->uri));
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
     $this->assertRaw($default_output, t('Default private image displayed when no user supplied image is present.'));
   }
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ class ImageDimensionsUnitTest extends DrupalWebTestCase {
 
     $variables = array(
       'style_name' => 'test',
-      'path' => $original_uri,
+      'uri' => $original_uri,
       'width' => 40,
       'height' => 20,
     );
diff --git a/core/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc b/core/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc
index e65c4d4..d189159 100644
--- a/core/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ function theme_simpletest_test_table($variables) {
   // Define the images used to expand/collapse the test groups.
   $js = array(
     'images' => array(
-      theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/menu-collapsed.png', 'width' => 7, 'height' => 7, 'alt' => t('Expand'), 'title' => t('Expand'))) . ' <a href="#" class="simpletest-collapse">(' . t('Expand') . ')</a>',
-      theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/menu-expanded.png', 'width' => 7, 'height' => 7, 'alt' => t('Collapse'), 'title' => t('Collapse'))) . ' <a href="#" class="simpletest-collapse">(' . t('Collapse') . ')</a>',
+      theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/menu-collapsed.png', 'width' => 7, 'height' => 7, 'alt' => t('Expand'), 'title' => t('Expand'))) . ' <a href="#" class="simpletest-collapse">(' . t('Expand') . ')</a>',
+      theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/menu-expanded.png', 'width' => 7, 'height' => 7, 'alt' => t('Collapse'), 'title' => t('Collapse'))) . ' <a href="#" class="simpletest-collapse">(' . t('Collapse') . ')</a>',
     ),
   );
 
@@ -414,10 +414,10 @@ function simpletest_result_status_image($status) {
 
   if (!isset($map)) {
     $map = array(
-      'pass' => theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/watchdog-ok.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Pass'))),
-      'fail' => theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/watchdog-error.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Fail'))),
-      'exception' => theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Exception'))),
-      'debug' => theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Debug'))),
+      'pass' => theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/watchdog-ok.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Pass'))),
+      'fail' => theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/watchdog-error.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Fail'))),
+      'exception' => theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Exception'))),
+      'debug' => theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Debug'))),
     );
   }
   if (isset($map[$status])) {
diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.admin.inc b/core/modules/system/system.admin.inc
index aa2f98f..97a4673 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.admin.inc
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function system_themes_page() {
     foreach (array_reverse($theme_keys) as $theme_key) {
       if (isset($themes[$theme_key]) && file_exists($themes[$theme_key]->info['screenshot'])) {
         $theme->screenshot = array(
-          'path' => $themes[$theme_key]->info['screenshot'],
+          'uri' => $themes[$theme_key]->info['screenshot'],
           'alt' => t('Screenshot for !theme theme', array('!theme' => $theme->info['name'])),
           'title' => t('Screenshot for !theme theme', array('!theme' => $theme->info['name'])),
           'attributes' => array('class' => array('screenshot')),
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ function _system_modules_build_row($info, $extra) {
   }
   else {
     $form['enable'] = array(
-      '#markup' =>  theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/watchdog-error.png', 'alt' => $status_short, 'title' => $status_short)),
+      '#markup' =>  theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/watchdog-error.png', 'alt' => $status_short, 'title' => $status_short)),
     );
     $form['description']['#markup'] .= theme('system_modules_incompatible', array('message' => $status_long));
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/update/update.report.inc b/core/modules/update/update.report.inc
index 02150e9..7703503 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/update.report.inc
+++ b/core/modules/update/update.report.inc
@@ -57,25 +57,25 @@ function theme_update_report($variables) {
     switch ($project['status']) {
       case UPDATE_CURRENT:
         $class = 'ok';
-        $icon = theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/watchdog-ok.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('ok'), 'title' => t('ok')));
+        $icon = theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/watchdog-ok.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('ok'), 'title' => t('ok')));
         break;
       case UPDATE_UNKNOWN:
       case UPDATE_FETCH_PENDING:
       case UPDATE_NOT_FETCHED:
         $class = 'unknown';
-        $icon = theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('warning'), 'title' => t('warning')));
+        $icon = theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('warning'), 'title' => t('warning')));
         break;
       case UPDATE_NOT_SECURE:
       case UPDATE_REVOKED:
       case UPDATE_NOT_SUPPORTED:
         $class = 'error';
-        $icon = theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/watchdog-error.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('error'), 'title' => t('error')));
+        $icon = theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/watchdog-error.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('error'), 'title' => t('error')));
         break;
       case UPDATE_NOT_CHECKED:
       case UPDATE_NOT_CURRENT:
       default:
         $class = 'warning';
-        $icon = theme('image', array('path' => 'core/misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('warning'), 'title' => t('warning')));
+        $icon = theme('image', array('uri' => 'core/misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('warning'), 'title' => t('warning')));
         break;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/user/user.module b/core/modules/user/user.module
index 260124c..533de9f 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.module
@@ -1410,10 +1410,10 @@ function template_preprocess_user_picture(&$variables) {
       // If the image does not have a valid Drupal scheme (for eg. HTTP),
       // don't load image styles.
       if (module_exists('image') && file_valid_uri($filepath) && $style = variable_get('user_picture_style', '')) {
-        $variables['user_picture'] = theme('image_style', array('style_name' => $style, 'path' => $filepath, 'alt' => $alt, 'title' => $alt));
+        $variables['user_picture'] = theme('image_style', array('style_name' => $style, 'uri' => $filepath, 'alt' => $alt, 'title' => $alt));
       }
       else {
-        $variables['user_picture'] = theme('image', array('path' => $filepath, 'alt' => $alt, 'title' => $alt));
+        $variables['user_picture'] = theme('image', array('uri' => $filepath, 'alt' => $alt, 'title' => $alt));
       }
       if (!empty($account->uid) && user_access('access user profiles')) {
         $attributes = array('attributes' => array('title' => t('View user profile.')), 'html' => TRUE);
diff --git a/core/modules/user/user.test b/core/modules/user/user.test
index 15c427b..66c4903 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/user.test
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.test
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ class UserPictureTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     // Get the user picture image via xpath.
     $elements = $this->xpath('//div[@class="user-picture"]/img');
     $this->assertEqual(count($elements), 1, t("There is exactly one user picture on the user's profile page"));
-    $this->assertEqual($pic_path, (string) $elements[0]['src'], t("User picture source is correct."));
+    $this->assertEqual($pic_path, (string) $elements[0]['src'], t("User picture source is correct: " . $pic_path . " " . print_r($elements, TRUE)));
   }
 
   function saveUserPicture($image) {
diff --git a/core/themes/seven/template.php b/core/themes/seven/template.php
index b1073b7..9804d4d 100644
--- a/core/themes/seven/template.php
+++ b/core/themes/seven/template.php
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ function seven_tablesort_indicator($variables) {
   $style = $variables['style'];
   $theme_path = drupal_get_path('theme', 'seven');
   if ($style == 'asc') {
-    return theme('image', array('path' => $theme_path . '/images/arrow-asc.png', 'alt' => t('sort ascending'), 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'title' => t('sort ascending')));
+    return theme('image', array('uri' => $theme_path . '/images/arrow-asc.png', 'alt' => t('sort ascending'), 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'title' => t('sort ascending')));
   }
   else {
-    return theme('image', array('path' => $theme_path . '/images/arrow-desc.png', 'alt' => t('sort descending'), 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'title' => t('sort descending')));
+    return theme('image', array('uri' => $theme_path . '/images/arrow-desc.png', 'alt' => t('sort descending'), 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'title' => t('sort descending')));
   }
 }