diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFS.js
index 6b97fa6f53..b5da94773c 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFS.js
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.GML, {
      * feature - {<OpenLayers.Feature.Vector>} 
      */
     remove: function(feature) {
-        if (!feature.attributes.fid) { 
-            alert("Can't update a feature for which there is no FID."); 
+        if (!feature.fid) { 
+            alert("Can't delete a feature for which there is no FID."); 
             return false; 
         }
         var deleteNode = document.createElementNS(this.featureNS, 'wfs:Delete');
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.GML, {
 
         var filterNode = document.createElementNS('http://www.opengis.net/ogc', 'ogc:Filter');
         var filterIdNode = document.createElementNS('http://www.opengis.net/ogc', 'ogc:FeatureId');
-        filterIdNode.setAttribute("fid", feature.attributes.fid);
+        filterIdNode.setAttribute("fid", feature.fid);
         filterNode.appendChild(filterIdNode);
         deleteNode.appendChild(filterNode);