Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 3781)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 3782)
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3773">#3773</a> : Fixed remove list will merge lines.
 			</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/3829">#3829</a> : Fixed remove empty link on output data.</li>
 	</ul>
 	<h3>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/htmldataprocessor/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/htmldataprocessor/plugin.js	(revision 3781)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/htmldataprocessor/plugin.js	(revision 3782)
@@ -146,4 +146,11 @@
 					param.isEmpty = true;
 					return param;
+				},
+
+				// Remove empty link but not empty anchor.(#3829)
+				a : function( element )
+				{
+					if ( !( element.children.length || element.attributes.name ) )
+						return false;
 				}
 			},