Index: Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TagBasedViewHelper.php
===================================================================
--- Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TagBasedViewHelper.php	(revision 2913)
+++ Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TagBasedViewHelper.php	(working copy)
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
 	 */
 	public function initialize() {
 		parent::initialize();
+		$this->tag->removeAllAttributes();
+		$this->tag->setContent(NULL);
 		$this->tag->setTagName($this->tagName);
 		if (is_array($this->arguments['additionalAttributes'])) {
 			$this->tag->addAttributes($this->arguments['additionalAttributes']);
Index: Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TagBuilder.php
===================================================================
--- Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TagBuilder.php	(revision 2914)
+++ Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TagBuilder.php	(working copy)
@@ -191,6 +191,17 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Removes all attribute from the $attributes-collection
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @author Bastian Waidelich <bastian@typo3.org>
+	 * @api
+	 */
+	public function removeAllAttributes() {
+		$this->attributes = array();
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Renders and returns the tag
 	 *
 	 * @return void
Index: Tests/Core/TagBasedViewHelperTest.php
===================================================================
--- Tests/Core/TagBasedViewHelperTest.php	(revision 2914)
+++ Tests/Core/TagBasedViewHelperTest.php	(working copy)
@@ -28,8 +28,22 @@
 	public function setUp() {
 		$this->viewHelper = new \F3\Fluid\Core\Fixtures\TestTagBasedViewHelper();
 	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @test
+	 * @author Bastian Waidelich <bastian@typo3.org>
+	 */
+	public function initializeRemovesAttributesAndContentsOfUnderlyingTagBuilder() {
+		$mockTagBuilder = $this->getMock('F3\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\TagBuilder', array('removeAllAttributes', 'setContent'), array(), '', FALSE);
+		$mockTagBuilder->expects($this->once())->method('removeAllAttributes');
+		$mockTagBuilder->expects($this->once())->method('setContent')->with(NULL);
+		$this->viewHelper->injectTagBuilder($mockTagBuilder);
+
+		$this->viewHelper->initialize();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @test
 	 * @author Sebastian Kurfürst <sebastian@typo3.org>
 	 * @author Bastian Waidelich <bastian@typo3.org>
 	 */
Index: Tests/Core/TagBuilderTest.php
===================================================================
--- Tests/Core/TagBuilderTest.php	(revision 2913)
+++ Tests/Core/TagBuilderTest.php	(working copy)
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@
 	 * @test
 	 * @author Bastian Waidelich <bastian@typo3.org>
 	 */
+	public function contentCanBeRemoved() {
+		$tagBuilder = new \F3\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\TagBuilder('tag', 'some content');
+		$tagBuilder->setContent(NULL);
+		$this->assertEquals('<tag />', $tagBuilder->render());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @test
+	 * @author Bastian Waidelich <bastian@typo3.org>
+	 */
 	public function renderReturnsOpeningAndClosingTagIfNoContentIsSpecifiedButForceClosingTagIsTrue() {
 		$tagBuilder = new \F3\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\TagBuilder('tag');
 		$tagBuilder->forceClosingTag(TRUE);
@@ -157,6 +167,18 @@
 	 * @test
 	 * @author Bastian Waidelich <bastian@typo3.org>
 	 */
+	public function removeAllAttributesRemovesAllAttributes() {
+		$tagBuilder = new \F3\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\TagBuilder('tagName', 'tag content');
+		$tagBuilder->addAttribute('attribute1', 'attribute1value');
+		$tagBuilder->addAttribute('attribute2', 'attribute2value');
+		$tagBuilder->removeAllAttributes();
+		$this->assertEquals('<tagName>tag content</tagName>', $tagBuilder->render());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @test
+	 * @author Bastian Waidelich <bastian@typo3.org>
+	 */
 	public function tagNameCanBeOverridden() {
 		$tagBuilder = new \F3\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\TagBuilder('foo');
 		$tagBuilder->setTagName('bar');