Remove identity Transform <ns2:local xmlns:ns2="uri">

Hi ,
I am using the following identity transform and I want to remove the
<ns2:local xmlns:ns2="uri"> which might occur in my input xml. How do
I remove this node?


 <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
    <xsl:copy>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
     </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:element name="{name(.)}">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
    </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

Any input would help.

Thanks
Senthil