diff --git a/render/tests/test-attributes.js b/render/tests/test-attributes.js
index 8059e887..379939e9 100644
--- a/render/tests/test-attributes.js
+++ b/render/tests/test-attributes.js
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ o.spec("attributes", function() {
 			o(canvas.dom.width).equals(100)
 		})
 	})
-	o.spec("svg class", function() {
+	o.spec("svg", function() {
 		o("when className is specified then it should be added as a class", function() {
 			var a = {tag: "svg", attrs: {className: "test"}}
 
@@ -357,7 +357,26 @@ o.spec("attributes", function() {
 
 			o(a.dom.attributes["class"].value).equals("test")
 		})
+		o("removes xlink:href", function() {
+			var vnode = {tag: "svg", ns: "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", children: [
+				{tag: "a", ns: "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", attrs: {"xlink:href": "javascript:;"}}
+			]}
+			render(root, [vnode])
+	
+			o(vnode.dom.nodeName).equals("svg")
+			o(vnode.dom.firstChild.attributes["xlink:href"].value).equals("javascript:;")
+			o(vnode.dom.firstChild.attributes["xlink:href"].namespaceURI).equals("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
+	
+			vnode = {tag: "svg", ns: "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", children: [
+				{tag: "a", ns: "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", attrs: {}}
+			]}
+			render(root, [vnode])
+	
+			o(vnode.dom.nodeName).equals("svg")
+			o(vnode.dom.firstChild.attributes["xlink:href"]).equals(undefined)
+		})
 	})
+
 	o.spec("option.value", function() {
 		o("can be set as text", function() {
 			var a = {tag: "option", attrs: {value: "test"}}