diff --git a/elsevier-with-titles-alphabetical.csl b/elsevier-with-titles-alphabetical.csl
index 6b1454ce15..2fa19e1f30 100644
--- a/elsevier-with-titles-alphabetical.csl
+++ b/elsevier-with-titles-alphabetical.csl
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         <else>
           <group delimiter=" ">
             <text variable="title" suffix=","/>
-            <text variable="container-title" form="short" text-case="title" suffix="."/>
+            <text variable="container-title" form="short" text-case="title"/>
             <text variable="volume"/>
             <text macro="year-date" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
             <text variable="page" form="short"/>
diff --git a/elsevier-with-titles.csl b/elsevier-with-titles.csl
index 4ec4a7e6e0..8329f1b214 100644
--- a/elsevier-with-titles.csl
+++ b/elsevier-with-titles.csl
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         <else>
           <group delimiter=" ">
             <text variable="title" suffix=","/>
-            <text variable="container-title" form="short" text-case="title" suffix="."/>
+            <text variable="container-title" form="short" text-case="title"/>
             <text variable="volume"/>
             <text macro="year-date" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
             <text variable="page" form="short"/>