diff --git a/includes/export.inc b/includes/export.inc
index 2e4ac4c..3f39515 100644
--- a/includes/export.inc
+++ b/includes/export.inc
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ function _menu_import_export_recurse($tree, $level, &$output) {
       if (!empty($details['description'])) {
         unset($link['options']['attributes']['title']);
       }
-      if (empty($link['options']['attributes'])) {
-         unset($link['options']['attributes']);
-      }
       if (!empty($link['options'])) {
         $link['options'] = unserialize($link['options']);
         if (!empty($link['options'])) {