diff --git a/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Project/MSBuildBasedProject.cs b/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Project/MSBuildBasedProject.cs
index dc6ff540dc..cfdc97341a 100644
--- a/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Project/MSBuildBasedProject.cs
+++ b/src/Main/Base/Project/Src/Project/MSBuildBasedProject.cs
@@ -1467,15 +1467,11 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.SharpDevelop.Project
 					existing = projectFile.CreateProjectExtensionsElement();
 					return new XElement(name);
 				}
-				// Instead of using existing[name] we use a workaround here, because existing[name]
-				// removes all xmlns="..." definitions, which are needed for XAML deserialization.
-				string content = existing.Content;
+				string content = existing[name];
 				if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(content))
 					return new XElement(name);
 				try {
-					var extensionsElement = XElement.Parse(content);
-					var propertiesElement = extensionsElement.Elements().FirstOrDefault(); // Should be the "Properties" node
-					return propertiesElement ?? new XElement(name);
+					return XElement.Parse(content);
 				} catch (XmlException ex) {
 					LoggingService.Warn(ex);
 					return new XElement(name);