diff --git a/contrib/commandref_join.pl b/contrib/commandref_join.pl
index 86fa66a5b..cf7c181ae 100755
--- a/contrib/commandref_join.pl
+++ b/contrib/commandref_join.pl
@@ -189,10 +189,9 @@ generateModuleCommandref($$;$$)
         $hasLink = ($l =~ m/<a (name|id)="$mod"/) if(!$hasLink);
         foreach $tag (TAGS) {
           if($l =~ m/<$tag ([^>]+)>/i) {
-            my $attr = $1;
-            print "*** $lang $mod line $line: $tag with attributes (apart ".
-                "from class) is not allowed\n" 
-              if($attr !~ m/class="[^"]*"/ && !$noWarnings);
+            print "*** $lang $mod line $line: $tag with attributes".
+                " is not allowed\n" 
+              if(!$noWarnings);
           }
           $tagcount{$tag} +=()= ($l =~ /<$tag( [^>]+)?>/gi);
           $tagcount{$tag} -=()= ($l =~ /<\/$tag>/gi);
diff --git a/contrib/pre-commit b/contrib/pre-commit
index f6fe8354a..4c4899d01 100755
--- a/contrib/pre-commit
+++ b/contrib/pre-commit
@@ -141,9 +141,8 @@ foreach my $row (split("\n", $fList)) {
         foreach $tag (TAGS) {
           my $ot = ($tagcount{$tag} ? $tagcount{$tag} : 0);
           if($l =~ m/<$tag ([^>]+)>/i) {
-            my $attr = $1;
-            err $fName, "$lang line $line: $tag with attributes (apart ".
-                "from class) is not allowed\n" ;
+            err $fName, "$lang line $line: $tag with attributes".
+                " is not allowed\n" ;
           }
           $tagcount{$tag} +=()= ($l =~ /<$tag( [^>]+)?>/gi);
           $tagcount{$tag} -=()= ($l =~ /<\/$tag>/gi);