diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c b/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c
index cfc3f4e8..0e132867 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_datastore_write.c
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ text_modify(clicon_handle       h,
                     if (strcmp(restype, "enumeration") == 0 ||
                         strcmp(restype, "bits") == 0)
                         x1bstr = clixon_trim2(x1bstr, " \t\n"); 
+#if 0 /* Passes regression test without, keep for some time until other test requires it */
                     /* If origin body has namespace definitions, copy them. The reason is that
                      * some bodies rely on namespace prefixes, such as NACM path, but there is 
                      * no way we can know this here.
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ text_modify(clicon_handle       h,
                      */
                     if (assign_namespace_body(x1, x0) < 0)
                         goto done;
+#endif
                 }
                 /* XXX here x1bstr is checked for null, while adding an empty string above */
                 if ((x0b = xml_body_get(x0)) == NULL && x1bstr && strlen(x1bstr)){
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_xml_map.c b/lib/src/clixon_xml_map.c
index d2788028..32d9dc30 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_xml_map.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_xml_map.c
@@ -1006,6 +1006,7 @@ assign_namespace_element(cxobj *x0, /* source */
  *
  * @param[in]  x0     Source XML
  * @param[in]  x1     Destination XML
+ * @note "standard" namespaces, including clixon internal namespaces are removed
  */
 int
 assign_namespace_body(cxobj *x0, /* source */
@@ -1031,9 +1032,13 @@ assign_namespace_body(cxobj *x0, /* source */
             else
                 prefix1 = name;
             /* prefix1 contains actual prefix or NULL, prefix0 can be xmlns */
-            if (strcmp(namespace, NETCONF_BASE_NAMESPACE) ==0 ||
-                strcmp(namespace, YANG_XML_NAMESPACE) ==0)
+            if (strcmp(namespace, NETCONF_BASE_NAMESPACE) == 0 ||
+                strcmp(namespace, YANG_XML_NAMESPACE) == 0 ||
+                strcmp(namespace, CLIXON_CONF_NS) == 0 ||
+                strcmp(namespace, CLIXON_LIB_NS) == 0
+                )
                 continue;
+            continue; // XXX
             /* Detect if prefix:namespace is declared already? */
             if (xml2ns(x1, prefix1, &namespace1) == 1)
                 continue;
diff --git a/test/test_netconf.sh b/test/test_netconf.sh
index 8687961b..f8b7f485 100755
--- a/test/test_netconf.sh
+++ b/test/test_netconf.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module clixon-example{
         base if:interface-type;
    }
     /* Generic config data */
-    container table{
+   container table{
         list parameter{
             key name;
             leaf name{
@@ -256,6 +256,16 @@ expecteof_netconf "$clixon_netconf -qf $cfg" 0 "$DEFAULTHELLO" "<xx:rpc xmlns:xx
 new "netconf discard-changes"
 expecteof_netconf "$clixon_netconf -qf $cfg" 0 "$DEFAULTHELLO" "<rpc $DEFAULTNS><discard-changes/></rpc>" "" "<rpc-reply $DEFAULTNS><ok/></rpc-reply>"
 
+# These are clixon-lib attributes used by RESTCONF
+new "netonf edit-config with extra attributes on leaf"
+expecteof_netconf "$clixon_netconf -qf $cfg" 0 "$DEFAULTHELLO" "<rpc $DEFAULTNS xmlns:nc=\"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0\"><edit-config><target><candidate/></target><default-operation>none</default-operation><config><table xmlns=\"urn:example:clixon\"><parameter><name>x</name><value nc:operation=\"replace\" xmlns:cl=\"http://clicon.org/lib\">99</value></parameter></table></config></edit-config></rpc>" "<rpc-reply $DEFAULTNS xmlns:nc=\"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0\"><ok/></rpc-reply>"
+
+new "netconf get-config"
+expecteof_netconf "$clixon_netconf -qf $cfg" 0 "$DEFAULTHELLO" "<rpc xmlns=\"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0\" message-id=\"42\"><get-config><source><candidate/></source></get-config></rpc>" "" "<rpc-reply $DEFAULTNS><data><table xmlns=\"urn:example:clixon\"><parameter><name>x</name><value>99</value></parameter></table></data></rpc-reply>"
+
+new "netconf discard-changes"
+expecteof_netconf "$clixon_netconf -qf $cfg" 0 "$DEFAULTHELLO" "<rpc $DEFAULTNS><discard-changes/></rpc>" "" "<rpc-reply $DEFAULTNS><ok/></rpc-reply>"
+
 new "netconf get empty config2"
 expecteof_netconf "$clixon_netconf -qf $cfg" 0 "$DEFAULTHELLO" "<rpc $DEFAULTNS><get-config><source><candidate/></source></get-config></rpc>" "" "<rpc-reply $DEFAULTNS><data/></rpc-reply>"
 
diff --git a/test/test_restconf_jukebox.sh b/test/test_restconf_jukebox.sh
index dc6d96a0..c73d79ca 100755
--- a/test/test_restconf_jukebox.sh
+++ b/test/test_restconf_jukebox.sh
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ new 'B.3.5.  "point" Parameter leaf-list 4 before 3'
 expectpart "$(curl $CURLOPTS -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/yang-data+json' -d '{"example-jukebox:extra":"4"}' $RCPROTO://localhost/restconf/data?insert=before\&point=%2Fexample-jukebox%3Aextra%3D3 )" 0 "HTTP/$HVER 201" "Location: $RCPROTO://localhost/restconf/data/example-jukebox:extra=4"
 
 new 'B.3.5.  "insert/point" leaf-list check order (2,4,3,1)'
-expectpart "$(curl $CURLOPTS -X GET $RCPROTO://localhost/restconf/data/example-jukebox:extra -H 'Accept: application/yang-data+xml')" 0 "HTTP/$HVER 200" '<extra xmlns="http://example.com/ns/example-jukebox">2</extra><extra xmlns="http://example.com/ns/example-jukebox" xmlns:jbox="http://example.com/ns/example-jukebox">4</extra><extra xmlns="http://example.com/ns/example-jukebox">3</extra><extra xmlns="http://example.com/ns/example-jukebox">1</extra>'
+expectpart "$(curl $CURLOPTS -X GET $RCPROTO://localhost/restconf/data/example-jukebox:extra -H 'Accept: application/yang-data+xml')" 0 "HTTP/$HVER 200" '<extra xmlns="http://example.com/ns/example-jukebox">2</extra><extra xmlns="http://example.com/ns/example-jukebox">4</extra><extra xmlns="http://example.com/ns/example-jukebox">3</extra><extra xmlns="http://example.com/ns/example-jukebox">1</extra>'
 
 #new "B.2.2.  Detect Datastore Resource Entity-Tag Change" # XXX done except entity-changed
 #new 'B.3.3.  "fields" Parameter'