Strip the border from an SVG for plotting through Inkscape

strip_border.py

import sys
import lxml.etree as le

def main(filename):
    with open(filename, 'r+b') as f:
        doc = le.parse(f)

        # strip border strokes
        for elem in doc.xpath('//*[attribute::style]'):
            if 'stroke:none' in elem.attrib['style']:
                parent = elem.getparent()
                parent.remove(elem)

        # convert dimensions to inches
        root = doc.getroot()
        width = int(root.attrib['width'])
        height = int(root.attrib['height'])
        root.attrib['width'] = str(width / 90.0) + "in"
        root.attrib['height'] = str(height / 90.0) + "in"

        f.seek(0)
        doc.write(f, pretty_print=True)
        f.truncate()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(sys.argv[1])