diff --git a/recipes/houston_chronicle.recipe b/recipes/houston_chronicle.recipe
index 8d231dac16..b8171467ec 100644
--- a/recipes/houston_chronicle.recipe
+++ b/recipes/houston_chronicle.recipe
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class HoustonChronicle(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     keep_only_tags = {'class':lambda x: x and ('hst-articletitle' in x or
         'hst-articletext' in x or 'hst-galleryitem' in x)}
+    remove_attributes = ['xmlns']
 
     feeds = [
             ('News', "http://www.chron.com/rss/feed/News-270.php"),