diff --git a/plugins/input/osm/osmparser.cpp b/plugins/input/osm/osmparser.cpp
index 8651d6432..7238e026e 100644
--- a/plugins/input/osm/osmparser.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/osm/osmparser.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ void osmparser::startElement(xmlTextReaderPtr reader, const xmlChar *name)
         assert(xid);
         way->id = atol((char*)xid);
         cur_item  =  way;
-        // Prevent ways with no name being assigned a name of "true"
-        cur_item->keyvals["name"] = "";
         xmlFree(xid);
     }
     else if (xmlStrEqual(name,BAD_CAST "nd"))