diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 358ab7b6fd..5a9fcc776e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@
 |===
 | | Description | PR
 
+| 🐛
+| Fix filter delete for trigger update command
+| https://github.com/knative/client/pull/746[#746]
+
 | 🐛
 | Fix trigger create --filter flag to be optional
-| https://github.com/knative/client/pull/735[#745]
+| https://github.com/knative/client/pull/745[#745]
 
 ## v0.13.0 (2020-03-11)
 
diff --git a/pkg/eventing/v1alpha1/client.go b/pkg/eventing/v1alpha1/client.go
index 2e6c910a65..16037fe7de 100644
--- a/pkg/eventing/v1alpha1/client.go
+++ b/pkg/eventing/v1alpha1/client.go
@@ -189,13 +189,9 @@ func (b *TriggerBuilder) Filters(filters map[string]string) *TriggerBuilder {
 		filter = &v1alpha1.TriggerFilter{}
 		b.trigger.Spec.Filter = filter
 	}
-	attributes := filter.Attributes
-	if attributes == nil {
-		attributes = &v1alpha1.TriggerFilterAttributes{}
-		filter.Attributes = attributes
-	}
+	filter.Attributes = &v1alpha1.TriggerFilterAttributes{}
 	for k, v := range filters {
-		(*attributes)[k] = v
+		(*filter.Attributes)[k] = v
 	}
 	return b
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/trigger_test.go b/test/e2e/trigger_test.go
index 3aaf445a98..ee4b36bae2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/trigger_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/trigger_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ func TestBrokerTrigger(t *testing.T) {
 	test.triggerDelete(t, r, "deltrigger")
 	test.verifyTriggerNotfound(t, r, "deltrigger")
 
+	t.Log("create a trigger with filters and remove them one by one")
+	test.triggerCreate(t, r, "filtertrigger", "sinksvc0", []string{"foo=bar", "source=ping"})
+	test.verifyTriggerDescribe(t, r, "filtertrigger", "default", "sinksvc0", []string{"foo", "bar", "source", "ping"})
+	test.triggerUpdate(t, r, "filtertrigger", "foo-", "sinksvc0")
+	test.verifyTriggerDescribe(t, r, "filtertrigger", "default", "sinksvc0", []string{"source", "ping"})
+	test.triggerUpdate(t, r, "filtertrigger", "source-", "sinksvc0")
+	test.verifyTriggerDescribe(t, r, "filtertrigger", "default", "sinksvc0", nil)
+	test.triggerDelete(t, r, "filtertrigger")
+
 	t.Log("create a trigger, describe and update it")
 	test.triggerCreate(t, r, "updtrigger", "sinksvc0", []string{"a=b"})
 	test.verifyTriggerDescribe(t, r, "updtrigger", "default", "sinksvc0", []string{"a", "b"})
@@ -130,7 +139,11 @@ func (test *e2eTest) verifyTriggerList(t *testing.T, r *KnRunResultCollector, tr
 func (test *e2eTest) verifyTriggerDescribe(t *testing.T, r *KnRunResultCollector, name string, broker string, sink string, filters []string) {
 	out := test.kn.Run("trigger", "describe", name)
 	r.AssertNoError(out)
-	assert.Check(t, util.ContainsAllIgnoreCase(out.Stdout, filters...))
+	if len(filters) > 0 {
+		assert.Check(t, util.ContainsAllIgnoreCase(out.Stdout, filters...))
+	} else {
+		assert.Check(t, util.ContainsNone(out.Stdout, "Filter"))
+	}
 	assert.Check(t, util.ContainsAllIgnoreCase(out.Stdout, name, broker, sink))
 }