diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Reader/Block.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Reader/Block.php
index 9831c52a4656310e99c424ce7cc7dd8cd17f68fe..ff5ade125521acff54a182cea51e7f34985292d0 100755
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Reader/Block.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Reader/Block.php
@@ -207,13 +207,15 @@ class Block implements Layout\ReaderInterface
         $elementRemove = filter_var($currentElement->getAttribute('remove'), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
         if ($elementRemove) {
             $scheduledStructure->setElementToRemoveList($elementName);
-        } else {
-            $data = $scheduledStructure->getStructureElementData($elementName, []);
-            $data['attributes'] = $this->mergeBlockAttributes($data, $currentElement);
-            $this->updateScheduledData($currentElement, $data);
-            $this->evaluateArguments($currentElement, $data);
-            $scheduledStructure->setStructureElementData($elementName, $data);
+            return;
+        } elseif ($currentElement->getAttribute('remove')) {
+            $scheduledStructure->unsetElementFromListToRemove($elementName);
         }
+        $data = $scheduledStructure->getStructureElementData($elementName, []);
+        $data['attributes'] = $this->mergeBlockAttributes($data, $currentElement);
+        $this->updateScheduledData($currentElement, $data);
+        $this->evaluateArguments($currentElement, $data);
+        $scheduledStructure->setStructureElementData($elementName, $data);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Reader/Container.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Reader/Container.php
index c4111a13c33b37fe7e5fcc202ec0773928a1844d..cd4956447a3b14a305e0ca90614633def896a6c7 100755
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Reader/Container.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Reader/Container.php
@@ -141,11 +141,12 @@ class Container implements Layout\ReaderInterface
     ) {
         $containerName = $currentElement->getAttribute('name');
         $containerRemove = filter_var($currentElement->getAttribute('remove'), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
-
         if ($containerRemove) {
             $scheduledStructure->setElementToRemoveList($containerName);
-        } else {
-            $this->mergeContainerAttributes($scheduledStructure, $currentElement);
+            return;
+        } elseif ($currentElement->getAttribute('remove')) {
+            $scheduledStructure->unsetElementFromListToRemove($containerName);
         }
+        $this->mergeContainerAttributes($scheduledStructure, $currentElement);
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/Layout/Reader/BlockTest.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/Layout/Reader/BlockTest.php
index 24bbd9391807463226bbe5c276df9aca4c31fd59..8cf049f56f1743484f0d559e4f8abf0caaa6b5f3 100755
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/Layout/Reader/BlockTest.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/Layout/Reader/BlockTest.php
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ class BlockTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $setCondition,
         $setRemoveCondition
     ) {
+        if ($literal == 'referenceBlock' && $remove == 'false') {
+            $this->scheduledStructure->expects($this->once())
+                ->method('unsetElementFromListToRemove')
+                ->with($literal);
+        }
+
         $this->context->expects($this->once())->method('getScheduledStructure')
             ->will($this->returnValue($this->scheduledStructure));
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/Layout/Reader/ContainerTest.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/Layout/Reader/ContainerTest.php
index 4e10a5a6a08415ca9d06cb95f5e10fa3a9361c2e..198a70d2121f16962471d3e5f5587a1e89130c3f 100755
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/Layout/Reader/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Test/Unit/Layout/Reader/ContainerTest.php
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ class ContainerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             ->with($contextMock, $elementCurrent)
             ->willReturnSelf();
 
+        if ($elementCurrent->getAttribute('remove') == 'false') {
+            $scheduledStructureMock->expects($this->once())
+                ->method('unsetElementFromListToRemove')
+                ->with($elementCurrent->getAttribute('name'));
+        }
+        
         $this->container->interpret($contextMock, $elementCurrent);
     }