diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index a06a3cd8557..cb9fff6bc19 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "jsx-a11y/heading-has-content": "error",
     "jsx-a11y/html-has-lang": "error",
     "jsx-a11y/iframe-has-title": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/img-redundant-alt": "off",
+    "jsx-a11y/img-redundant-alt": "error",
     "jsx-a11y/interactive-supports-focus": [
       "off",
       {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/AlertHowToModal.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/AlertHowToModal.tsx
index 4ebddb0c089..9de9bcf7eda 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/AlertHowToModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/AlertHowToModal.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function AlertHowToModal({ onDismiss }: AlertHowToModalProps): JSX.Elemen
   return (
     <Modal title="Adding an Alert" isOpen onDismiss={onDismiss} onClickBackdrop={onDismiss}>
       <VerticalGroup spacing="sm">
-        <img src="public/img/alert_howto_new.png" alt="link to how to alert image" />
+        <img src="public/img/alert_howto_new.png" alt="" />
         <p>
           Alerts are added and configured in the Alert tab of any dashboard graph panel, letting you build and visualize
           an alert using existing queries.