diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/transform/TraxUtils.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/transform/TraxUtils.java
index eba44b47..f3db802d 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/transform/TraxUtils.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/transform/TraxUtils.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.xml.transform;
 
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventWriter;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
@@ -38,12 +37,6 @@ import org.springframework.xml.JaxpVersion;
  */
 public abstract class TraxUtils {
 
-    private static DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
-
-    static {
-        documentBuilderFactory.setNamespaceAware(true);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Indicates whether the given {@link Source} is a StAX Source.
      *