diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 677f631ac..dff3ba9d9 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+ - change:  70_ONKYO_AVR: deleting attribute 'model'
  - bugfix:  98_weekprofile: time calculation for HM
  - bugfix:  49_SSCam: FHEM crash when sending data by telegramBot Forum:#105486
  - bugfix:  98_WeekTimer: fixed deletion of delayed timers (#104272)
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/70_ONKYO_AVR.pm b/fhem/FHEM/70_ONKYO_AVR.pm
index 6552ac596..4e57eec27 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/70_ONKYO_AVR.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/70_ONKYO_AVR.pm
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ sub ONKYO_AVR_Define($$$) {
     my $infix = "ONKYO_AVR";
 
     Log3 $name, 5, "ONKYO_AVR $name: called function ONKYO_AVR_Define()";
+    delete $attr{$name}{model};
 
     eval { require XML::Simple; };
     return "Please install Perl XML::Simple to use module ONKYO_AVR"