diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/BinaryXmlResourceParser.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/BinaryXmlResourceParser.java
index 4ce08f3c93..3b50115e62 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/BinaryXmlResourceParser.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/BinaryXmlResourceParser.java
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public String getAttributeNamespace(int index) {
         // namespace, but it's better than not resolving it at all.
         if (attr.ns < 0) {
             if (nameId.pkgId() == ResTable.APP_PACKAGE_ID) {
-                return getNonDefaultNamespaceUri(index);
+                return ResXmlUtils.ANDROID_RES_NS_AUTO;
             }
             if (nameId.pkgId() == ResTable.SYS_PACKAGE_ID) {
                 return ResXmlUtils.ANDROID_RES_NS;
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public String getAttributeNamespace(int index) {
             return uri;
         }
         if (nameId.pkgId() == ResTable.APP_PACKAGE_ID) {
-            return getNonDefaultNamespaceUri(index);
+            return ResXmlUtils.ANDROID_RES_NS_AUTO;
         }
         return ResXmlUtils.ANDROID_RES_NS;
     }
@@ -577,17 +577,6 @@ public int nextTag() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
 
     // Utility methods
 
-    private String getNonDefaultNamespaceUri(int pos) {
-        String prefix = getNamespacePrefix(pos);
-        if (prefix == null) {
-            // If we are here, there is some clever obfuscation going on.
-            // Our reference points to the namespace are gone. We have the namespaces that can't be touched in the
-            // opening tag, though no known way to correlate them at this time, so return the res-auto namespace.
-            return ResXmlUtils.ANDROID_RES_NS_AUTO;
-        }
-        return getNamespaceUri(pos);
-    }
-
     private Attribute getAttribute(int index) {
         if (mEventType != START_TAG) {
             throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Parser must be on START_TAG to get attributes.");
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StrippedNsTest.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StrippedNsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30aeaede82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StrippedNsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Ryszard Wiśniewski <brut.alll@gmail.com>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Connor Tumbleson <connor.tumbleson@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package brut.androlib.res.decoder;
+
+import brut.androlib.BaseTest;
+import brut.androlib.ApkDecoder;
+import brut.androlib.Config;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class StrippedNsTest extends BaseTest {
+    private static final String TEST_APK = "issue3533.apk";
+    private static final String TEST_RES = "res/drawable/trap.xml";
+
+    private static final byte[] XML_HEADER = {
+        0x3C, // <
+        0x3F, // ?
+        0x78, // x
+        0x6D, // m
+        0x6C, // l
+        0x20, // (empty)
+    };
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void beforeClass() throws Exception {
+        copyResourceDir(StrippedNsTest.class, "issue3533", sTmpDir);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void assertAssignsCorrectNamespace() throws Exception {
+        File testApk = new File(sTmpDir, TEST_APK);
+        File testDir = new File(testApk + ".out.none");
+        new ApkDecoder(testApk, sConfig).decode(testDir);
+
+        File decodedXml = new File(testDir, TEST_RES);
+        assertTrue(decodedXml.isFile());
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(XML_HEADER, readHeaderOfFile(decodedXml, 6)));
+
+        String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(decodedXml.toPath()), "UTF-8");
+
+        // Ensure the wiped namespace was decoded as "test" and not "android"
+        assertTrue(content.contains("test:is_obfuscated"));
+        assertFalse(content.contains("android:is_obfuscated"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/issue3533/issue3533.apk b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/issue3533/issue3533.apk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..732807bb43
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