diff --git a/typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/Configuration/TypoScript/v7/setup.txt b/typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/Configuration/TypoScript/v7/setup.txt
index a94c34b78ee32470647b8ddd00723240f30f95f3..c1274aad18ddfaf1e5231994d1a85c43815a2bd4 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/Configuration/TypoScript/v7/setup.txt
+++ b/typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/Configuration/TypoScript/v7/setup.txt
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ tt_content.image.20 {
 		altText = TEXT
 		altText {
 			data = file:current:alternative
-			htmlSpecialChars = 1
+			stripHtml = 1
 		}
 
 		titleText < .altText
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/static/setup.txt b/typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/static/setup.txt
index e419935f4a4ae75df667724f3574bcfa1e7ca23a..6ac62a4e2f4e1a0d4723d565dcaf7b2667067d06 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/static/setup.txt
+++ b/typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/static/setup.txt
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ tt_content.image.20 {
 		altText = TEXT
 		altText {
 			data = file:current:alternative
-			htmlSpecialChars = 1
+			stripHtml = 1
 		}
 
 		titleText < .altText