scala remove namespaces

remove_namespaces.scala

val xml = <item name="ed" test="true"
  xmlns="http://www.somenamespace.com"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.somenamespace.com/XMLSchema-instance">
  <blah>
     <node>value</node>
  </blah>
</item>

import scala.xml._

def clearScope(x: Node):Node = x match {
  case e:Elem => e.copy(scope=TopScope, child = e.child.map(clearScope))
  case o => o
}

val out = clearScope(xml)

println(out.toString)