diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfAjaxHandler.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfAjaxHandler.java
index 58f37c26..b9934c07 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfAjaxHandler.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfAjaxHandler.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class JsfAjaxHandler extends AbstractAjaxHandler {
 	private PartialResponseWriter createPartialResponseWriter(FacesContext context) throws IOException {
 		ExternalContext externalContext = context.getExternalContext();
 		String encoding = externalContext.getRequestCharacterEncoding();
+		externalContext.setResponseContentType("application/xml");
 		externalContext.setResponseCharacterEncoding(encoding);
 		ResponseWriter responseWriter = null;
 		Writer out = externalContext.getResponseOutputWriter();
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfAjaxHandlerTests.java b/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfAjaxHandlerTests.java
index 544fb019..e2ea1d5d 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfAjaxHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfAjaxHandlerTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public class JsfAjaxHandlerTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals(
 				"<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>\n<partial-response><redirect url=\"/target\"/></partial-response>",
 				jsfMock.contentAsString());
+		assertEquals("application/xml", jsfMock.response().getContentType());
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/booking-faces/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/main/enterSearchCriteria.xhtml b/spring-webflow-samples/booking-faces/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/main/enterSearchCriteria.xhtml
index 4faffdce..346c3914 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/booking-faces/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/main/enterSearchCriteria.xhtml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/booking-faces/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/flows/main/enterSearchCriteria.xhtml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 				<h:selectOneMenu id="pageSize" value="#{searchCriteria.pageSize}">
 					<f:selectItems value="#{referenceData.pageSizeOptions}" />
 				</h:selectOneMenu>
-				<p:commandButton id="findHotels" value="Find Hotels" action="search" update="@form" ajax="false" />
+				<p:commandButton id="findHotels" value="Find Hotels" action="search" update="@form" />
 			</h:panelGrid>
 			<p:tooltip for="searchString" targetPosition="topRight" position="bottomLeft"
 				value="Search hotels by name, address, city, or zip." style="cream" />
diff --git a/spring-webflow-samples/booking-portlet-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-webflow-samples/booking-portlet-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index cfc6aa1d..2c908546 100644
--- a/spring-webflow-samples/booking-portlet-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/spring-webflow-samples/booking-portlet-mvc/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -24,19 +24,6 @@
 		<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
 	</listener>
 	
-  	<!-- Serves static resource content from .jar files such as spring-js.jar -->
-	<servlet>
-		<servlet-name>Resources Servlet</servlet-name>
-		<servlet-class>org.springframework.js.resource.ResourceServlet</servlet-class>
-		<load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup>
-	</servlet>
-	
-	<!-- Map all /resources requests to the Resource Servlet for handling -->
-	<servlet-mapping>
-		<servlet-name>Resources Servlet</servlet-name>
-		<url-pattern>/resources/*</url-pattern>
-	</servlet-mapping>
-	
 	<!-- Supports view rendering -->
 	<servlet>
 		<servlet-name>ViewRendererServlet</servlet-name>