diff --git a/src/mods4pandas/lib.py b/src/mods4pandas/lib.py
index ff33c2a..fed3a01 100644
--- a/src/mods4pandas/lib.py
+++ b/src/mods4pandas/lib.py
@@ -194,6 +194,14 @@ class TagGroup:
                 warnings.warn("Added type='text')")
         return self
 
+    def remove_attributes(self, attribs) -> TagGroup:
+        if not isinstance(attribs, Sequence):
+            attribs = [attribs]
+        for e in self.group:
+            for a in attribs:
+                e.attrib.pop(a, None)
+        return self
+
     def merge_sub_tags_to_set(self) -> dict:
         from .mods4pandas import mods_to_dict
 
diff --git a/src/mods4pandas/mods4pandas.py b/src/mods4pandas/mods4pandas.py
index 3252999..888aba4 100755
--- a/src/mods4pandas/mods4pandas.py
+++ b/src/mods4pandas/mods4pandas.py
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ def mods_to_dict(mods, raise_errors=True):
                 TagGroup(tag, group)
                 .filter(only_standard_title)
                 .is_singleton()
+                .remove_attributes(["ID", "{http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace}lang"])
                 .has_no_attributes()
                 .descend(raise_errors)
             )