Remove inline CSS completely

Remove inline CSS completely

I know $(element).css('top',''); should remove any value for top. However, in IE7 (or rather, IE9b in compatibility mode), it still leaves style="TOP: ;" on the element (as given by: alert($(element).attr('style'));).

I know this shouldn't be a problem, but for some reason it's playing around with my element, which has external CSS settings it as bottom:5px;. The top:; is applied, but then I want it completely removed. However, there might well be other css inline, so I don't want to removeAttr('style'). Is there another way to completely remove the 'top' property?

Any ideas? Thanks.