diff --git a/openide.loaders/src/org/openide/loaders/XMLDataObject.java b/openide.loaders/src/org/openide/loaders/XMLDataObject.java
--- a/openide.loaders/src/org/openide/loaders/XMLDataObject.java
+++ b/openide.loaders/src/org/openide/loaders/XMLDataObject.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.logging.*;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError;
 import org.openide.cookies.*;
 import org.openide.filesystems.*;
@@ -604,13 +603,7 @@
     */
     @Deprecated
     public static Document parse (URL url, ErrorHandler eh, boolean validate) throws IOException, SAXException {
-        
-        DocumentBuilder builder = XMLDataObjectImpl.makeBuilder(validate);
-        builder.setErrorHandler(eh);
-        builder.setEntityResolver(getChainingEntityResolver());
-        
-        return builder.parse (new InputSource(url.toExternalForm()));
-
+        return XMLUtil.parse (new InputSource(url.toExternalForm()),validate, false, eh, getChainingEntityResolver());
     }
 
     /** Creates SAX parse that can be used to parse XML files.