diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/Component.js b/src/dom_components/model/Component.js
index 6ea8677cd..c4757ad86 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/model/Component.js
+++ b/src/dom_components/model/Component.js
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ const Component = Backbone.Model.extend(Styleable).extend(
       traits = traits || this.get('traits');
 
       if (traits.length) {
+        traits.forEach(tr => tr.attributes && delete tr.attributes.value);
         trt.add(traits);
       }