ignore/remove Namespace URI

I have a xml file with NameSpace on the root node let say xmlns="http://www.mysite.com/"
i.e.
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<customers xmlns="http://www.mysite.com/">
    <customer job > ....


I am loading this into xmldocument
whaty I want's is to ignore or remove NameSpaceURI from the Xmldocument
It is making some problem in the parsing of the docuement
What Can I do

I am working on .netframework 1.1