diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
index 39e3343f0a..0c5e41a7d3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MockMvcMethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
@@ -2747,38 +2747,4 @@ DocumentContext parsedJson = JsonPath.parse(json);
 			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }                  | { String body -> body.contains('assertThat(response.getHeaderString("My-UUID")).isEqualTo(property("my-uuid"));') }
 	}
 
-	@Issue('#554')
-	def "should create an assertion for an empty map or Object for [#methodBuilderName]"() {
-		given:
-			Contract contractDsl = Contract.make {
-				request {
-					method 'GET'
-					url '/api/v1/xxxx'
-				}
-				response {
-					status OK()
-					body([
-							aMap: ["foo": "bar"],
-							anEmptyMap: [:]
-					])
-				}
-			}
-			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
-			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
-		and:
-			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
-			String test = blockBuilder.toString()
-		when:
-			SyntaxChecker.tryToRun(methodBuilderName, test.join("\n"))
-		then:
-			test.contains('''assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['aMap']").field("['foo']").isEqualTo("bar")''')
-			test.contains('''assertThatJson(parsedJson).field("['anEmptyMap']").isEmpty()''')
-		where:
-			methodBuilderName                                    | methodBuilder
-			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
-			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
-			"JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
-			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippetTests.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippetTests.java
index 76a8c01d23..f04ff8c5d2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippetTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/WireMockSnippetTests.java
@@ -314,6 +314,49 @@ public class WireMockSnippetTests {
 		};
 	}
 
+	private OperationRequest requestPostWithXmlContentType() {
+		return new OperationRequest() {
+
+			@Override
+			public byte[] getContent() {
+				String content = "<name>foo</name>";
+				return content.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public String getContentAsString() {
+				return "<name>foo</name>";
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public HttpHeaders getHeaders() {
+				HttpHeaders httpHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
+				httpHeaders.add("Content-Type", MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE);
+				return httpHeaders;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public HttpMethod getMethod() {
+				return HttpMethod.POST;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public Parameters getParameters() {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public Collection<OperationRequestPart> getParts() {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public URI getUri() {
+				return URI.create("http://foo/bar");
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	private OperationRequest requestPostWithEmptyBody() {
 		return new OperationRequest() {
 			@Override