diff --git a/lib/saxes.js b/lib/saxes.js
index 0217ed8e..9dd9ff54 100644
--- a/lib/saxes.js
+++ b/lib/saxes.js
@@ -737,7 +737,6 @@ class SaxesParser {
       switch (c) {
       case FORWARD_SLASH:
         this.state = S_CLOSE_TAG;
-        this.tagName = "";
         this.xmlDeclPossible = false;
         break;
       case BANG:
@@ -747,7 +746,6 @@ class SaxesParser {
         break;
       case QUESTION:
         this.state = S_PI;
-        this.piTarget = this.piBody = "";
         break;
       default:
         this.fail("disallowed characer in tag name.");
@@ -774,11 +772,9 @@ class SaxesParser {
       }
       this.state = S_CDATA;
       this.openWakaBang = "";
-      this.cdata = "";
       break;
     case "--":
       this.state = S_COMMENT;
-      this.comment = "";
       this.openWakaBang = "";
       break;
     case "DOCTYPE":
@@ -786,7 +782,6 @@ class SaxesParser {
       if (this.doctype || this.sawRoot) {
         this.fail("inappropriately located doctype declaration.");
       }
-      this.doctype = "";
       this.openWakaBang = "";
       break;
     default:
@@ -1085,7 +1080,6 @@ class SaxesParser {
             this.q = c;
           }
           this.xmlDeclState = S_XML_DECL_VALUE;
-          this.xmlDeclValue = "";
         }
         break;
       case S_XML_DECL_VALUE:
@@ -1173,6 +1167,7 @@ class SaxesParser {
         }
         this.xmlDeclName = this.xmlDeclValue = "";
         this.requiredSeparator = undefined;
+        this.piTarget = this.piBody = "";
         this.state = S_TEXT;
       }
       else {
@@ -1242,7 +1237,6 @@ class SaxesParser {
       tag.ns = Object.create(null);
     }
 
-    this.attribList = [];
     this.emitNode("onopentagstart", tag);
 
     switch (c) {
@@ -1747,7 +1741,6 @@ class SaxesParser {
     }
     this.state = S_TEXT;
     this.tagName = "";
-    this.attribName = this.attribValue = "";
   }
 
   /**