diff -Nur xalan-j_2_7_1~/src/org/apache/xml/serializer/ToXMLStream.java xalan-j_2_7_1/src/org/apache/xml/serializer/ToXMLStream.java
--- xalan-j_2_7_1~/src/org/apache/xml/serializer/ToXMLStream.java
+++ xalan-j_2_7_1/src/org/apache/xml/serializer/ToXMLStream.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
                     writer.write('\"');
                     writer.write(standalone);
                     writer.write("?>");
-                    if (m_doIndent) {
+                    //if (m_doIndent) {
                         if (m_standaloneWasSpecified
                                 || getDoctypePublic() != null
                                 || getDoctypeSystem() != null) {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
                             // in these rare cases?                           
                             writer.write(m_lineSep, 0, m_lineSepLen);
                         }
-                    }
+                    //}
                 } 
                 catch(IOException e)
                 {