Jayde

I did this using jQuery to remove the link for the user. For the spiders, I set it to link=”file” so that the spiders don’t crawl to a useless page.

I don’t like modifying the core files since it’ll break again every time you upgrade your WP installation. Hope this helps.

$(document).ready(function(){
	// Remove link from gallery images
	$(".gallery-icon a").each(function () {
		$(this).replaceWith($(this.childNodes));
	});
});