diff --git a/skel_common/readme_modders.txt b/skel_common/readme_modders.txt
index b98b004..d8ca824 100644
--- a/skel_common/readme_modders.txt
+++ b/skel_common/readme_modders.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ Advanced XML
     <mod:setAttributes a="1" b="2" />
       Sets/adds one or more attributes on the context tag.
 
+    <mod:removeAttributes a="" b="" />
+      Removes one or more attributes on the context tag (the values here
+      will be ignored). This was introduced in SMM 1.7.
+
     <mod:removeTag />
       Removes the context tag entirely.
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/vhati/modmanager/core/XMLPatcher.java b/src/main/java/net/vhati/modmanager/core/XMLPatcher.java
index bdc143f..f58a237 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/vhati/modmanager/core/XMLPatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/vhati/modmanager/core/XMLPatcher.java
@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ public class XMLPatcher {
 						contextNode.setAttribute( attrib.clone() );
 					}
 				}
+				else if ( cmdNode.getName().equals( "removeAttributes" ) ) {
+					handled = true;
+					for ( Attribute attrib : cmdNode.getAttributes() ) {
+						contextNode.removeAttribute( attrib.getName() );
+					}
+				}
 				else if ( cmdNode.getName().equals( "setValue" ) ) {
 					handled = true;
 					contextNode.setText( cmdNode.getTextTrim() );