diff --git a/src/attributes.js b/src/attributes.js
index b472e617..ced9977e 100644
--- a/src/attributes.js
+++ b/src/attributes.js
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	
 	attrFix: {
 		// Always normalize to ensure hook usage
-		tabindex: "tabIndex"
+		tabindex: "tabIndex",
+		readonly: "readOnly"
 	},
 	
 	attr: function( elem, name, value, pass ) {
@@ -339,10 +340,14 @@ jQuery.extend({
 			if ( jQuery.support.getSetAttribute ) {
 				elem.removeAttribute( name );
 			} else {
-				// Set to default empty string (No longer need to use attr for this)
-				elem.setAttribute( name, "" );
-				// Attempt to remove completely with DOM level 1
-				elem.removeAttributeNode( elem.getAttributeNode( name ) );
+				// Only style is a special case.
+				if ( name === "style" ) {
+					elem.style.cssText = "";
+				} else {
+					elem.setAttribute( name, "" );
+					// Attempt to remove completely with DOM level 1
+					elem.removeAttributeNode( elem.getAttributeNode( name ) );
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	},
@@ -415,7 +420,6 @@ if ( !jQuery.support.getSetAttribute ) {
 	jQuery.attrFix = jQuery.extend( jQuery.attrFix, {
 		"for": "htmlFor",
 		"class": "className",
-		readonly: "readOnly",
 		maxlength: "maxLength",
 		cellspacing: "cellSpacing",
 		rowspan: "rowSpan",
@@ -447,12 +451,10 @@ if ( !jQuery.support.getSetAttribute ) {
 }
 
 // Remove certain attrs if set to false
-jQuery.each([ "selected", "checked", "readonly", "disabled" ], function( i, name ) {
-	name = jQuery.attrFix[ name ] || name;
-
+jQuery.each([ "selected", "checked", "readOnly", "disabled" ], function( i, name ) {
 	jQuery.attrHooks[ name ] = jQuery.extend( jQuery.attrHooks[ name ], {
 		set: function( elem, value ) {
-			if ( !value ) { // '', undefined, false, null will remove attr
+			if ( !value ) {
 				jQuery.removeAttr( elem, name );
 				return false;
 			}
@@ -472,9 +474,10 @@ if ( !jQuery.support.hrefNormalized ) {
 }
 
 if ( !jQuery.support.style ) {
-	jQuery.propHooks.style = jQuery.attrHooks.style = {
+	jQuery.attrHooks.style = {
 		get: function( elem ) {
-			return elem.style.cssText;
+			// Return undefined in the case of empty string
+			return elem.style.cssText || undefined;
 		},
 		set: function( elem, value ) {
 			return (elem.style.cssText = "" + value);
diff --git a/test/unit/attributes.js b/test/unit/attributes.js
index ad051649..0e86a8bf 100644
--- a/test/unit/attributes.js
+++ b/test/unit/attributes.js
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ test("jQuery.attrFix integrity test", function() {
 	if ( !jQuery.support.getSetAttribute ) {
 		propsShouldBe = {
 			tabindex: "tabIndex",
+			readonly: "readOnly",
 			"for": "htmlFor",
 			"class": "className",
-			readonly: "readOnly",
 			maxlength: "maxLength",
 			cellspacing: "cellSpacing",
 			rowspan: "rowSpan",
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ test("jQuery.attrFix integrity test", function() {
 		};
 	} else {
 		propsShouldBe = {
-			tabindex: "tabIndex"
+			tabindex: "tabIndex",
+			readonly: "readOnly"
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ test("attr(Hash)", function() {
 });
 
 test("attr(String, Object)", function() {
-	expect(29);
+	expect(30);
 
 	var div = jQuery("div").attr("foo", "bar"),
 		fail = false;
@@ -195,6 +196,8 @@ test("attr(String, Object)", function() {
 	equals( jQuery("#name").attr('name'), undefined, 'Remove name attribute' );
 	jQuery("#check2").attr('checked', true);
 	equals( document.getElementById('check2').checked, true, 'Set checked attribute' );
+	jQuery("#check2").attr('checked', '');
+	equals( document.getElementById('check2').checked, false, 'Setting checked to empty string removes it' );
 	jQuery("#check2").attr('checked', false);
 	equals( document.getElementById('check2').checked, false, 'Set checked attribute' );
 	jQuery("#text1").attr('readonly', true);
@@ -397,9 +400,11 @@ test("attr('tabindex', value)", function() {
 });
 
 test("removeAttr(String)", function() {
-	expect(2);
+	expect(4);
 	equals( jQuery('#mark').removeAttr( "class" )[0].className, "", "remove class" );
 	equals( jQuery('#form').removeAttr('id').attr('id'), undefined, 'Remove id' );
+	equals( jQuery('#foo').attr('style', 'position:absolute;').removeAttr('style').attr('style'), undefined, 'Check removing style attribute' );
+	equals( jQuery('#form').attr('style', 'position:absolute;').removeAttr('style').attr('style'), undefined, 'Check removing style attribute on a form' );
 });
 
 test("removeProp(String)", function() {