diff --git a/src/path/path-simplify.cpp b/src/path/path-simplify.cpp
index dece701c7e0d432d3125a0d21f39ab1a35acfcd7..262586606120d9ac3d2dabdd85b337492daa886f 100644
--- a/src/path/path-simplify.cpp
+++ b/src/path/path-simplify.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ path_simplify(SPItem *item, float threshold, bool justCoalesce, double size)
     // reapply the transform
     item->doWriteTransform(transform);
 
+    // remove irrelevant old nodetypes attibute
+    item->removeAttribute("sodipodi:nodetypes");
+
     // clean up
     if (orig) delete orig;