diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/aop.xml b/akka-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
index 1cff849b2d..2f8d5159a8 100755
--- a/akka-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<!DOCTYPE aspectwerkz PUBLIC "-//AspectWerkz//DTD//EN" "http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org/dtd/aspectwerkz2.dtd">
 <aspectwerkz>
   <system id="akka">
     <package name="se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor">
diff --git a/akka-fun-test-java/src/test/resources/META-INF/aop.xml b/akka-fun-test-java/src/test/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cff849b2d..0000000000
--- a/akka-fun-test-java/src/test/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE aspectwerkz PUBLIC "-//AspectWerkz//DTD//EN" "http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org/dtd/aspectwerkz2.dtd">
-<aspectwerkz>
-  <system id="akka">
-    <package name="se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor">
-      <aspect class="ActiveObjectAspect" />
-    </package>
-  </system>
-</aspectwerkz>