diff --git a/scripts/delexonomise.py b/scripts/delexonomise.py
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+++ b/scripts/delexonomise.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import lxml.etree as lxml
+import sys
+import codecs
+import re
+import os
+
+input_file_name = sys.argv[1]
+output_file_name = sys.argv[2]
+temp_file_name = '/tmp/temp.xml'
+
+tree = lxml.parse(input_file_name)
+root = tree.getroot()
+root.tag = 'dictionary'
+tree.write(temp_file_name, encoding='UTF-8', pretty_print=True)
+
+output_file = codecs.open(output_file_name, 'w')
+temp_file = codecs.open(temp_file_name, 'r')
+for line in temp_file:
+    line = re.sub(' xmlns:lxnm=".*?"', '', line)
+    line = re.sub(' lxnm:.+?=".*?"', '', line)
+    output_file.write(line)
+temp_file.close()
+output_file.close()
+
+os.remove(temp_file_name)