diff --git a/kopete/protocols/jabber/libiris/iris/xmpp-core/xmlprotocol.cpp b/kopete/protocols/jabber/libiris/iris/xmpp-core/xmlprotocol.cpp
index 3521a628..9208b60a 100644
--- a/kopete/protocols/jabber/libiris/iris/xmpp-core/xmlprotocol.cpp
+++ b/kopete/protocols/jabber/libiris/iris/xmpp-core/xmlprotocol.cpp
@@ -84,17 +84,10 @@ static TQDomElement stripExtraNS(const TQDomElement &e)
 // to make it pretty.
 static TQString xmlToString(const TQDomElement &e, const TQString &fakeNS, const TQString &fakeTQName, bool clip)
 {
-	TQDomElement i = e.cloneNode().toElement();
-
-	// It seems TQDom can only have one namespace attribute at a time (see docElement 'HACK').
-	// Fortunately we only need one kind depending on the input, so it is specified here.
-	TQDomElement fake = e.ownerDocument().createElementNS(fakeNS, fakeTQName);
-	fake.appendChild(i);
-	fake = stripExtraNS(fake);
 	TQString out;
 	{
 		TQTextStream ts(&out, IO_WriteOnly);
-		fake.firstChild().save(ts, 0);
+		e.save(ts, 0);
 	}
 	// 'clip' means to remove any unwanted (and unneeded) characters, such as a trailing newline
 	if(clip) {