diff --git a/includes/common.inc b/includes/common.inc
index b6ea297..611a3b3 100644
--- a/includes/common.inc
+++ b/includes/common.inc
@@ -6415,7 +6415,7 @@ 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/includes/theme.inc b/includes/theme.inc
index 9bd7062..03112c6 100644
--- a/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/includes/theme.inc
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ function theme_links($variables) {
  *
  * @param $variables
  *   An associative array containing:
- *   - path: Either the path of the image file (relative to base_path()) or a
+ *   - uri: Either the path of the image file (relative to base_path()) or a
  *     full URL.
  *   - width: The width of the image (if known).
  *   - height: The height of the image (if known).
@@ -1509,11 +1509,11 @@ function theme_links($variables) {
  */
 function theme_image($variables) {
   $attributes = $variables['attributes'];
-  $attributes['src'] = file_create_url($variables['path']);
+  $attributes['src'] = file_create_url($variables['uri']);
 
+  // The standard image attributes are only used if they arn't empty.
   foreach (array('width', 'height', 'alt', 'title') as $key) {
-
-    if (isset($variables[$key])) {
+    if (isset($variables[$key]) && !empty($variables[$key])) {
       $attributes[$key] = $variables[$key];
     }
   }
@@ -1760,10 +1760,10 @@ function theme_table($variables) {
  */
 function theme_tablesort_indicator($variables) {
   if ($variables['style'] == "asc") {
-    return theme('image', array('path' => 'misc/arrow-asc.png', 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'alt' => t('sort ascending'), 'title' => t('sort ascending')));
+    return theme('image', array('uri' => 'misc/arrow-asc.png', 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'alt' => t('sort ascending'), 'title' => t('sort ascending')));
   }
   else {
-    return theme('image', array('path' => 'misc/arrow-desc.png', 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'alt' => t('sort descending'), 'title' => t('sort descending')));
+    return theme('image', array('uri' => 'misc/arrow-desc.png', 'width' => 13, 'height' => 13, 'alt' => t('sort descending'), 'title' => t('sort descending')));
   }
 }
 
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ 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' => 'misc/feed.png', 'width' => 16, 'height' => 16, 'alt' => $text))) {
+  if ($image = theme('image', array('uri' => 'misc/feed.png', 'width' => 16, 'height' => 16, 'alt' => $text))) {
     return l($image, $variables['url'], array('html' => TRUE, 'attributes' => array('class' => array('feed-icon'), 'title' => $text)));
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/aggregator/aggregator.parser.inc b/modules/aggregator/aggregator.parser.inc
index cffd1c3..73babd5 100644
--- a/modules/aggregator/aggregator.parser.inc
+++ b/modules/aggregator/aggregator.parser.inc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function aggregator_aggregator_parse($feed) {
     }
 
     if (!empty($image['link']) && !empty($image['url']) && !empty($image['title'])) {
-      $image = l(theme('image', array('path' => $image['url'], 'alt' => $image['title'])), $image['link'], array('html' => TRUE));
+      $image = l(theme('image', array('uri' => $image['url'], 'alt' => $image['title'])), $image['link'], array('html' => TRUE));
     }
     else {
       $image = '';
diff --git a/modules/color/color.module b/modules/color/color.module
index ff6c70e..04c7f2e 100644
--- a/modules/color/color.module
+++ b/modules/color/color.module
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function _color_theme_select_form_alter(&$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' => $screenshot, 'title' => '', 'attributes' => array('class' => array('screenshot'))));
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/modules/image/image.admin.inc b/modules/image/image.admin.inc
index d72fdf4..ecd5364 100644
--- a/modules/image/image.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/image/image.admin.inc
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ function theme_image_style_preview($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>';
   $output .= '</div>'; // End preview-image.
diff --git a/modules/image/image.field.inc b/modules/image/image.field.inc
index 07cc1e0..d79ef85 100644
--- a/modules/image/image.field.inc
+++ b/modules/image/image.field.inc
@@ -522,27 +522,19 @@ function image_field_formatter_view($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' => $item['alt'],
-  );
-  // Do not output an empty 'title' attribute.
-  if (drupal_strlen($item['title']) > 0) {
-    $image['title'] = $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 ($variables['path']) {
diff --git a/modules/image/image.module b/modules/image/image.module
index d2d081c..667e2ba 100644
--- a/modules/image/image.module
+++ b/modules/image/image.module
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ function image_effect_apply($image, $effect) {
  * @param $variables
  *   An associative array containing:
  *   - style_name: The name of the style to be used to alter the original image.
- *   - path: The path of the image file relative to the Drupal files directory.
+ *   - uri: The path of the image file relative to the Drupal files directory.
  *     This function does not work with images outside the files directory nor
  *     with remotely hosted images.
  *   - alt: The alternative text for text-based browsers.
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ function image_effect_apply($image, $effect) {
  * @ingroup themeable
  */
 function theme_image_style($variables) {
-  $variables['path'] = image_style_url($variables['style_name'], $variables['path']);
+  $variables['uri'] = image_style_url($variables['style_name'], $variables['uri']);
   return theme('image', $variables);
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/image/image.test b/modules/image/image.test
index 00f79d8..81d914e 100644
--- a/modules/image/image.test
+++ b/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,
     );
     $default_output = theme('image', $image_info);
     $this->assertRaw($default_output, t('Default formatter displaying correctly on full node view.'));
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ 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);
     $default_output = theme('image', $image_info);
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $nid);
     $this->assertRaw($default_output, t('Image style thumbnail formatter displaying correctly on full node view.'));
@@ -760,14 +760,14 @@ 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']),
     );
     $default_output = theme('image', $image_info);
     $this->assertRaw($default_output, t("Preview image is displayed using 'medium' style."));
 
     // 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(),
     );
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ class ImageFieldDisplayTestCase extends ImageFieldTestCase {
     field_info_cache_clear();
     $field = field_info_field($field_name);
     $image = file_load($field['settings']['default_image']);
-    $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.'));
 
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ 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'],
     );
     $image_output = theme('image', $image_info);
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $nid);
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc
index 31d0b2c..6855f47 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc
+++ b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.pages.inc
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ function theme_simpletest_test_table($variables) {
   // Define the images used to expand/collapse the test groups.
   $js = array(
     'images' => array(
-      theme('image', array('path' => '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' => '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' => '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' => 'misc/menu-expanded.png', 'width' => 7, 'height' => 7, 'alt' => t('Collapse'), 'title' => t('Collapse'))) . ' <a href="#" class="simpletest-collapse">(' . t('Collapse') . ')</a>',
     ),
   );
 
@@ -426,10 +426,10 @@ function simpletest_result_status_image($status) {
 
   if (!isset($map)) {
     $map = array(
-      'pass' => theme('image', array('path' => 'misc/watchdog-ok.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Pass'))),
-      'fail' => theme('image', array('path' => 'misc/watchdog-error.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Fail'))),
-      'exception' => theme('image', array('path' => 'misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Exception'))),
-      'debug' => theme('image', array('path' => 'misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Debug'))),
+      'pass' => theme('image', array('uri' => 'misc/watchdog-ok.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Pass'))),
+      'fail' => theme('image', array('uri' => 'misc/watchdog-error.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Fail'))),
+      'exception' => theme('image', array('uri' => 'misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Exception'))),
+      'debug' => theme('image', array('uri' => 'misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('Debug'))),
     );
   }
   if (isset($map[$status])) {
diff --git a/modules/system/system.admin.inc b/modules/system/system.admin.inc
index 92c534e..39c042e 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/system/system.admin.inc
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function system_themes_page() {
     foreach (array_reverse($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' => $theme->info['name'])),
           'attributes' => array('class' => array('screenshot')),
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ function _system_modules_build_row($info, $extra) {
   }
   else {
     $form['enable'] = array(
-      '#markup' =>  theme('image', array('path' => 'misc/watchdog-error.png', 'alt' => $status_short, 'title' => $status_short)),
+      '#markup' =>  theme('image', array('uri' => 'misc/watchdog-error.png', 'alt' => $status_short, 'title' => $status_short)),
     );
     $form['description']['#markup'] .= theme('system_modules_incompatible', array('message' => $status_long));
   }
diff --git a/modules/update/update.report.inc b/modules/update/update.report.inc
index 3f5933a..577e1c7 100644
--- a/modules/update/update.report.inc
+++ b/modules/update/update.report.inc
@@ -57,25 +57,25 @@ function theme_update_report($variables) {
     switch ($project['status']) {
       case UPDATE_CURRENT:
         $class = 'ok';
-        $icon = theme('image', array('path' => 'misc/watchdog-ok.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('ok'), 'title' => t('ok')));
+        $icon = theme('image', array('uri' => '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' => 'misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('warning'), 'title' => t('warning')));
+        $icon = theme('image', array('uri' => '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' => 'misc/watchdog-error.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('error'), 'title' => t('error')));
+        $icon = theme('image', array('uri' => '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' => 'misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('warning'), 'title' => t('warning')));
+        $icon = theme('image', array('uri' => 'misc/watchdog-warning.png', 'width' => 18, 'height' => 18, 'alt' => t('warning'), 'title' => t('warning')));
         break;
     }
 
diff --git a/themes/seven/template.php b/themes/seven/template.php
index 4582749..5f52b96 100644
--- a/themes/seven/template.php
+++ b/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')));
   }
 }