diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
index 7a627b7683b..c5b5e87abca 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c,v 1.68.2.3 2008/07/03 00:04:34 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c,v 1.68.2.4 2008/09/16 00:49:49 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ xml_out_internal(xmltype *x, pg_enc target_encoding)
 
 #ifdef USE_LIBXML
 	xmlChar    *version;
-	xmlChar    *encoding;
 	int			standalone;
 	int			res_code;
 #endif
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ xml_out_internal(xmltype *x, pg_enc target_encoding)
 
 #ifdef USE_LIBXML
 	if ((res_code = parse_xml_decl((xmlChar *) str,
-							   &len, &version, &encoding, &standalone)) == 0)
+								   &len, &version, NULL, &standalone)) == 0)
 	{
 		StringInfoData buf;
 
@@ -238,6 +237,10 @@ xml_out_internal(xmltype *x, pg_enc target_encoding)
 		}
 		appendStringInfoString(&buf, str + len);
 
+		if (version)
+			xmlFree(version);
+		pfree(str);
+
 		return buf.data;
 	}