diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/abbreviationActions.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/abbreviationActions.ts
index 367f4de2e9d44aedc6db77bcacb466385c407728..aa1d2563dbf98f9522cfd343b1ce5a841fc3f126 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/abbreviationActions.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/abbreviationActions.ts
@@ -606,6 +606,25 @@ function expandAbbreviationInRange(editor: vscode.TextEditor, expandAbbrList: Ex
 	return Promise.resolve(false);
 }
 
+/*
+* Walks the tree rooted at root and apply function fn on each node.
+* if fn return false at any node, the further processing of tree is stopped.
+*/
+function walk(root: any, fn: ((node: any) => boolean)): boolean {
+	let ctx = root;
+	while (ctx) {
+
+		let next = ctx.next;
+		if (fn(ctx) === false || walk(ctx.firstChild, fn) === false) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		ctx = next;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * Expands abbreviation as detailed in given input.
  */
@@ -648,6 +667,18 @@ function expandAbbr(input: ExpandAbbreviationInput): string | undefined {
 					wrappingNode.value = '\n\t' + wrappingNode.value + '\n';
 				}
 			}
+
+			// Below fixes https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/78219
+			// walk the tree and remove tags for empty values
+			walk(parsedAbbr, node => {
+				if (node.name !== null && node.value === '' && !node.isSelfClosing && node.children.length === 0) {
+					node.name = '';
+					node.value = '\n';
+				}
+
+				return true;
+			});
+
 			expandedText = helper.expandAbbreviation(parsedAbbr, expandOptions);
 			// All $anyword would have been escaped by the emmet helper.
 			// Remove the escaping backslash from $TM_SELECTED_TEXT so that VS Code Snippet controller can treat it as a variable