diff --git a/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Url/Rewrite.php b/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Url/Rewrite.php
index 5a69ad0c1db0..8b65a274e308 100644
--- a/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Url/Rewrite.php
+++ b/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Url/Rewrite.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public function removeTag($tags)
 
         $removeTags = is_array($tags) ? $tags : explode(',', $tags);
 
-        foreach ($removeTags as $t) {
+        foreach ($removeTags as $k=>$t) {
             if (!is_numeric($k)) {
                 $t = $k.'='.$t;
             }