diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/File.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/File.java
index 09b91a7ad..f93ac7742 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/File.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/File.java
@@ -99,4 +99,10 @@ public class File extends UIBean {
     public void setSize(String size) {
         this.size = size;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    @StrutsTagAttribute(description="Ignored during file upload")
+    public void setValue(String value) {
+        // ignores provided value
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/site/resources/tags/file-attributes.html b/core/src/site/resources/tags/file-attributes.html
index 5f51badb6..e23f5dca5 100644
--- a/core/src/site/resources/tags/file-attributes.html
+++ b/core/src/site/resources/tags/file-attributes.html
@@ -371,6 +371,6 @@
         <td class="tag-attribute"></td>
         <td class="tag-attribute">false</td>
         <td class="tag-attribute">String</td>
-        <td class="tag-attribute">Preset the value of input element.</td>
+        <td class="tag-attribute">Ignored during file upload</td>
     </tr>
 </table>
diff --git a/plugins/javatemplates/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/FileHandler.java b/plugins/javatemplates/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/FileHandler.java
index 1c0b7275a..1ccdd8efa 100644
--- a/plugins/javatemplates/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/FileHandler.java
+++ b/plugins/javatemplates/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/FileHandler.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public class FileHandler extends AbstractTagHandler implements TagGenerator {
         a.addDefaultToEmpty("name", params.get("name"))
                 .add("type", "file")
                 .addIfExists("size", params.get("size"))
-                .addIfExists("value", params.get("nameValue"))
                 .addIfTrue("disabled", params.get("disabled"))
                 .addIfExists("accept", params.get("accept"))
                 .addIfExists("tabindex", params.get("tabindex"))
diff --git a/plugins/javatemplates/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/FileTest.java b/plugins/javatemplates/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/FileTest.java
index 0a455c28a..16ce86b65 100644
--- a/plugins/javatemplates/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/FileTest.java
+++ b/plugins/javatemplates/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/FileTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ public class FileTest extends AbstractCommonAttributesTest {
 
     public void testRenderTextField() {
         tag.setName("name");
-        tag.setValue("val1");
         tag.setSize("10");
         tag.setDisabled("true");
         tag.setAccept("accept_");
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ public class FileTest extends AbstractCommonAttributesTest {
         map.putAll(tag.getParameters());
         theme.renderTag(getTagName(), context);
         String output = writer.getBuffer().toString();
-        String expected = s("<input name='name' type='file' size='10' value='val1' disabled='disabled' accept='accept_' tabindex='1' id='id1' class='class1' style='style1' title='title'></input>");
+        String expected = s("<input name='name' type='file' size='10' disabled='disabled' accept='accept_' tabindex='1' id='id1' class='class1' style='style1' title='title'></input>");
         assertEquals(expected, output);
     }