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"))