diff --git a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/mam/provider/MamPrefsIQProvider.java b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/mam/provider/MamPrefsIQProvider.java
index 2b4795036..664b3e657 100644
--- a/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/mam/provider/MamPrefsIQProvider.java
+++ b/smack-experimental/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/mam/provider/MamPrefsIQProvider.java
@@ -43,17 +43,12 @@ public class MamPrefsIQProvider extends IQProvider<MamPrefsIQ> {
 
     @Override
     public MamPrefsIQ parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth, XmlEnvironment xmlEnvironment) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
-        String iqType = parser.getAttributeValue("", "type");
         String defaultBehaviorString = parser.getAttributeValue("", "default");
         DefaultBehavior defaultBehavior = null;
         if (defaultBehaviorString != null) {
             defaultBehavior = DefaultBehavior.valueOf(defaultBehaviorString);
         }
 
-        if (iqType == null) {
-            iqType = "result";
-        }
-
         List<Jid> alwaysJids = null;
         List<Jid> neverJids = null;