diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/transclude.js b/core/modules/widgets/transclude.js
index e2f2e78dc..1af7f9c42 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/transclude.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/transclude.js
@@ -75,17 +75,8 @@ TranscludeWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 			]}];
 		}
 	}
-	// Assign any variables set via attributes starting with $
-	var variables = Object.create(null);
-	$tw.utils.each(this.attributes,function(attribute,name) {
-		if(name.charAt(0) === "$") {
-			variables[name.substr(1)] = attribute;
-		}
-	});
 	// Construct the child widgets
-	this.makeChildWidgets(parseTreeNodes,{
-		variables: variables
-	});
+	this.makeChildWidgets(parseTreeNodes);
 };
 
 /*
@@ -112,7 +103,7 @@ Selectively refreshes the widget if needed. Returns true if the widget or any of
 */
 TranscludeWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
 	var changedAttributes = this.computeAttributes();
-	if($tw.utils.count(changedAttributes) || changedTiddlers[this.transcludeTitle]) {
+	if(changedAttributes.tiddler || changedAttributes.field || changedAttributes.index || changedTiddlers[this.transcludeTitle]) {
 		this.refreshSelf();
 		return true;
 	} else {
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/TranscludeWidget.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/TranscludeWidget.tid
index c28e44432..0501d7091 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/TranscludeWidget.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/TranscludeWidget.tid
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 created: 20130824142500000
-modified: 20210319150601867
+modified: 20140717175900970
 tags: Widgets
 title: TranscludeWidget
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ The TranscludeWidget dynamically imports content from another tiddler.
 |index |The index of a property in a [[DataTiddler|DataTiddlers]] |
 |subtiddler |Optional SubTiddler title when the target tiddler is a [[plugin|Plugins]] (see below) |
 |mode |Override the default parsing mode for the transcluded text to "block" or "inline" |
-|//(attributes starting with $)// |<<.from-version "5.1.24">> The $ is removed from each attribute name to specify a variable name that is assigned the specified value for the scope of the transclusion |
 
 The TranscludeWidget treats any contained content as a fallback if the target of the transclusion is not defined (ie a missing tiddler or a missing field).