diff --git a/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/trax/SAX2DOM.java b/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/trax/SAX2DOM.java
index 82177b7..8dd4616 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/trax/SAX2DOM.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/xalan/xsltc/trax/SAX2DOM.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
  * <http://www.apache.org/>.
  *
  * @author G. Todd Miller 
- *
  */
 
 
@@ -102,9 +101,7 @@
 
     public void startDocument() {
 	_document = _builder.newDocument();
-	Element root = (Element)_document.createElement("root");
-	_document.appendChild(root);
-	_nodeStk.push(root);
+	// bugfix 6417, contributed by Tim Elcott
     }
 
     public void endDocument() {
diff --git a/src/trax/trax.properties b/src/trax/trax.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index e593c39..0000000
--- a/src/trax/trax.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# $Revision$ $Date$
-#
-# Note: This properties file is provided for illustrative purposes
-#       only and is not part of the interface definition.
-#       This properties file is located in the implementation JAR
-#       and different implementations will specify different
-#       implementation classes and output methods.
-#
-
-# The TRaX Stylesheet processor
-trax.processor.xslt=org.apache.xalan.processor.StylesheetProcessor