diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XSLTProcess.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XSLTProcess.java
index 73179c612..40aa2af7f 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XSLTProcess.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XSLTProcess.java
@@ -494,12 +494,6 @@ public class XSLTProcess
                 loadClass( "org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.TraXLiaison" );
             m_liaison = (XSLTLiaison)clazz.newInstance();
         }
-        else if( proc.equals( "xalan" ) )
-        {
-            final Class clazz =
-                loadClass( "org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.XalanLiaison" );
-            m_liaison = (XSLTLiaison)clazz.newInstance();
-        }
         else
         {
             m_liaison = (XSLTLiaison)loadClass( proc ).newInstance();
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XalanLiaison.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XalanLiaison.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f42bd0a8..000000000
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/xml/XalanLiaison.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
- * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
- * the LICENSE.txt file.
- */
-package org.apache.antlib.xml;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
-import org.apache.xalan.xslt.XSLTInputSource;
-import org.apache.xalan.xslt.XSLTProcessor;
-import org.apache.xalan.xslt.XSLTProcessorFactory;
-import org.apache.xalan.xslt.XSLTResultTarget;
-
-/**
- * Concrete liaison for Xalan 1.x API.
- *
- * @author <a href="mailto:rubys@us.ibm.com">Sam Ruby</a>
- * @author <a href="mailto:sbailliez@apache.org">Stephane Bailliez</a>
- */
-public class XalanLiaison
-    implements XSLTLiaison
-{
-    private XSLTProcessor processor;
-    private File stylesheet;
-
-    public XalanLiaison()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        processor = XSLTProcessorFactory.getProcessor();
-    }
-
-    public void setOutputtype( String type )
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        if( !type.equals( "xml" ) ) {
-            throw new TaskException( "Unsupported output type: " + type );
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void setStylesheet( File stylesheet )
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        this.stylesheet = stylesheet;
-    }
-
-    public void addParam( String name, String value )
-    {
-        processor.setStylesheetParam( name, value );
-    }
-
-    public void transform( File infile, File outfile )
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        FileInputStream fis = null;
-        FileOutputStream fos = null;
-        FileInputStream xslStream = null;
-        try
-        {
-            xslStream = new FileInputStream( stylesheet );
-            fis = new FileInputStream( infile );
-            fos = new FileOutputStream( outfile );
-            // systemid such as file:/// + getAbsolutePath() are considered
-            // invalid here...
-            XSLTInputSource xslSheet = new XSLTInputSource( xslStream );
-            xslSheet.setSystemId( stylesheet.getAbsolutePath() );
-            XSLTInputSource src = new XSLTInputSource( fis );
-            src.setSystemId( infile.getAbsolutePath() );
-            XSLTResultTarget res = new XSLTResultTarget( fos );
-            processor.process( src, xslSheet, res );
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            // make sure to close all handles, otherwise the garbage
-            // collector will close them...whenever possible and
-            // Windows may complain about not being able to delete files.
-            try
-            {
-                if( xslStream != null )
-                {
-                    xslStream.close();
-                }
-            }
-            catch( IOException ignored )
-            {
-            }
-            try
-            {
-                if( fis != null )
-                {
-                    fis.close();
-                }
-            }
-            catch( IOException ignored )
-            {
-            }
-            try
-            {
-                if( fos != null )
-                {
-                    fos.close();
-                }
-            }
-            catch( IOException ignored )
-            {
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}//-- XalanLiaison