Removing ns1 namespace qualifier

["Vandegrift, Ken" <kvandegrift@sharis.com>]

Good Day,
 
Is there an easy way to remove the "ns1" namespace qualifier from a SOAP
BODY request using PHP's SOAP Extension?
 
Code I'm using:
 
$client = new SoapClient("file.wsdl");
 
$params = array(.....);
 
$response = $client->__soapCall('activate-add', $params);
 
I get a request like this:
 
<ns1:activate-add-request>
  ...
  ...
</ns1:activate-add-request>
 
I need: 
 
<activate-add-request>
...
...
</activate-add-request>
 
The SOAP server keeps throwing a JAVA  error because it is not expecting
the namespace qualifier.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
Thank you
 
Ken Vandegrift
kvandegrift@sharis.com <mailto:kvandegrift@sharis.com>