From b2181e7da4da76445c8e6009fcd5ffb1843d5608 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Hoeller <juergen.hoeller@broadcom.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 20:25:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove DOCTYPE declaration (stricter enforcement by XMLUnit)

---
 .../org/springframework/util/xml/AbstractStaxHandlerTests.java   | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/AbstractStaxHandlerTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/AbstractStaxHandlerTests.java
index 24acba3a5c7..2817e16a19b 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/AbstractStaxHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/xml/AbstractStaxHandlerTests.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ abstract class AbstractStaxHandlerTests {
 
 	private static final String COMPLEX_XML =
 			"<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>" +
-					"<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC \"-//SPRING//DTD BEAN 2.0//EN\" \"https://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans-2.0.dtd\">" +
 					"<?pi content?><root xmlns='namespace'><prefix:child xmlns:prefix='namespace2' prefix:attr='value'>characters <![CDATA[cdata]]></prefix:child>" +
 					"<!-- comment -->" +
 					"</root>";