diff --git a/lib/saxes.js b/lib/saxes.js
index 2c10ef27..e55b4e7d 100644
--- a/lib/saxes.js
+++ b/lib/saxes.js
@@ -1332,7 +1332,6 @@ class SaxesParser {
     }
     if (isNameStartChar(c)) {
       this.name = String.fromCodePoint(c);
-      this.attribValue = "";
       this.state = S_ATTRIB_NAME;
     }
     else if (c === GREATER) {
@@ -1439,7 +1438,6 @@ class SaxesParser {
     else if (isNameStartChar(c)) {
       this.fail("no whitespace between attributes.");
       this.name = String.fromCodePoint(c);
-      this.attribValue = "";
       this.state = S_ATTRIB_NAME;
     }
     else if (c === GREATER) {