diff --git a/src/ui/clipboard.cpp b/src/ui/clipboard.cpp
index 6c92624d60d071bf5829f9505cc421bf418610a2..09f72589cf2a8903c6aea1f1bc6745e38189947b 100644
--- a/src/ui/clipboard.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/clipboard.cpp
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ bool ClipboardManagerImpl::paste(SPDesktop *desktop, bool in_place)
     if ( Inkscape::have_viable_layer(desktop, desktop->getMessageStack()) == false ) {
         return false;
     }
-    
+
     Glib::ustring target = _getBestTarget();
 
     // Special cases of clipboard content handling go here
@@ -591,10 +591,13 @@ bool ClipboardManagerImpl::pasteStyle(ObjectSet *set)
     bool pasted = false;
 
     if (clipnode) {
-        set->document()->importDefs(tempdoc.get());
-        SPCSSAttr *style = sp_repr_css_attr(clipnode, "style");
-        sp_desktop_set_style(set, set->desktop(), style);
-        pasted = true;
+        for (auto node : set->xmlNodes()) {
+            pasted = node->copyAttribute("class", clipnode, true) || pasted;
+            pasted = node->copyAttribute("style", clipnode, true) || pasted;
+        }
+        if (pasted) {
+            set->document()->importDefs(tempdoc.get());
+        }
     }
     else {
         _userWarn(set->desktop(), _("No style on the clipboard."));
@@ -900,16 +903,6 @@ void ClipboardManagerImpl::_copySelection(ObjectSet *selection)
             else
                 obj_copy = _copyNode(obj, _doc, _clipnode);
 
-            // copy complete inherited style
-            SPCSSAttr *css = sp_repr_css_attr_inherited(obj, "style");
-            for (auto iter : item->style->properties()) {
-                if (iter->style_src == SPStyleSrc::STYLE_SHEET) {
-                    css->setAttributeOrRemoveIfEmpty(iter->name(), iter->get_value());
-                }
-            }
-            sp_repr_css_set(obj_copy, css, "style");
-            sp_repr_css_attr_unref(css);
-
             // 1.1 COPYPASTECLONESTAMPLPEBUG
             if (_clipboardSPDoc) {
                 SPItem *newitem = dynamic_cast<SPItem *>(_clipboardSPDoc->getObjectByRepr(obj_copy));
@@ -928,18 +921,14 @@ void ClipboardManagerImpl::_copySelection(ObjectSet *selection)
     // copy style for Paste Style action
     if (!sorted_items.empty()) {
         SPObject *object = sorted_items[0];
-        SPItem *item = dynamic_cast<SPItem *>(object);
-        if (item) {
-            SPCSSAttr *style = take_style_from_item(item);
-            sp_repr_css_set(_clipnode, style, "style");
-            sp_repr_css_attr_unref(style);
-        }
-        // copy path effect from the first path
         if (object) {
-            gchar const *effect =object->getRepr()->attribute("inkscape:path-effect");
-            if (effect) {
-                _clipnode->setAttribute("inkscape:path-effect", effect);
-            }
+            auto *const node = object->getRepr();
+
+            _clipnode->copyAttribute("class", node, true);
+            _clipnode->copyAttribute("style", node, true);
+
+            // copy path effect from the first path
+            _clipnode->copyAttribute("inkscape:path-effect", node);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/xml/node.cpp b/src/xml/node.cpp
index 94a41989a781de6d422093f5fb7daeab82f68e2c..516e03a9bceb41f794f3f5bab3bcd14bc2de6feb 100644
--- a/src/xml/node.cpp
+++ b/src/xml/node.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,26 @@ void Node::setAttribute(Util::const_char_ptr key, Util::const_char_ptr value)
     this->setAttributeImpl(key.data(), value.data());
 }
 
+bool Node::copyAttribute(Util::const_char_ptr key, Node const *source_node,
+                         bool remove_if_empty)
+{
+    if (source_node) {
+        if (auto const value = source_node->attribute(key.data())) {
+            if (*value || !remove_if_empty) {
+                setAttribute(key, value);
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (remove_if_empty) {
+            removeAttribute(key);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 bool Node::getAttributeBoolean(Util::const_char_ptr key, bool default_value) const
 {
     auto v = this->attribute(key.data());
@@ -150,4 +170,4 @@ void Node::setAttributeOrRemoveIfEmpty(Inkscape::Util::const_char_ptr key, Inksc
 }
 
 } // namespace XML
-} // namespace Inkscape
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace Inkscape
diff --git a/src/xml/node.h b/src/xml/node.h
index 5c84394dfa785f02a6ce5dd62d5bf6b2ee4625eb..3847c56dae2ec80a995d411fb77f887da0beaca3 100644
--- a/src/xml/node.h
+++ b/src/xml/node.h
@@ -206,11 +206,26 @@ public:
      *
      * @param key Name of the attribute to change
      * @param value The new value of the attribute
-     * @param is_interactive Ignored
      */
 
     void setAttribute(Util::const_char_ptr key, Util::const_char_ptr value);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Copy attribute value from another node to this node
+     *
+     * @param key Name of the attribute to change
+     * @param source_node Node from which to take the attribute value
+     * @param remove_if_empty
+     *   If true, and the source node has no such attribute, or the source
+     *   node's value for the attribute is an empty string, the attribute
+     *   will be removed (if present) from this node.
+     *
+     * @return true if the attribute was set, false otherwise.
+     */
+
+    bool copyAttribute(Util::const_char_ptr key, Node const *source_node,
+                       bool remove_if_empty = false);
+
     /**
      * Parses the boolean value of an attribute "key" in repr and sets val accordingly, or to false if
      * the attr is not set.