diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
index 851cb8702a..2af9215086 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
@@ -1330,6 +1330,7 @@ export function loadWebComponent(_nodeName : string, _template_node : Element|{[
 	// Set read-only.  Doesn't really matter if it's a ro widget, but otherwise it needs set
 	widget.readonly = readonly;
 
+	delete attrs.readonly;
 	widget.transformAttributes(attrs);
 
 	// Children need to be loaded