diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/adaptors.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/adaptors.py
index 5c9d9536d..ae848b502 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/adaptors.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/adaptors.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def adaptize(adaptor, my_args=None):
         else:
             my_args = []
 
-    def _adaptor(value, **adaptor_args):
+    def _adaptor(value, adaptor_args):
         kwargs = dict((key, val) for key, val in adaptor_args.items() if key in my_args)
         return adaptor(value, **kwargs)
     return _adaptor
diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/models.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/models.py
index b36542941..5ab484062 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/models.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/item/models.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class ScrapedItem(object):
             self.set_attrib_adaptors(attrib, pipe)
 
     def attribute(self, attrname, value, **kwargs):
+        override = kwargs.pop('override', False)
+        add = kwargs.pop('add', False)
         pipe = self._adaptors_dict.get(attrname)
         if pipe:
             val = pipe(value, **kwargs)