Why am I getting the extra xmlns=“” using LINQ to XML?

Because of the missing namespace in: new XElement("StationInventory This implicitly indicates the empty namespace "" for the StationInvetory element. You should do: new XElement(ns + "StationInventory Note that you must do this for any element you create that lives in the ns namespace. The XML serializer will make sure to qualify elements with the correct namespace prefix according to scope.

Because of the missing namespace in: new XElement("StationInventory"... This implicitly indicates the empty namespace "" for the StationInvetory element. You should do: new XElement(ns + "StationInventory"... Note that you must do this for any element you create that lives in the ns namespace. The XML serializer will make sure to qualify elements with the correct namespace prefix according to scope.

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