@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #import "OFXMLCharacters.h"
 #import "OFXMLNode+Private.h"
 #import "OFString.h"
-#import "OFXMLElement.h"
 
 #import "OFInvalidArgumentException.h"
 
 @implementation OFXMLCharacters
 + (instancetype)charactersWithString: (OFString *)string
@@ -37,32 +36,10 @@
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		[self release];
 		@throw e;
 	}
 
-	return self;
-}
-
-- (instancetype)initWithSerialization: (OFXMLElement *)element
-{
-	self = [super of_init];
-
-	@try {
-		void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
-
-		if (![element.name isEqual: self.className] ||
-		    ![element.namespace isEqual: OFSerializationNS])
-			@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];
-
-		_characters = [element.stringValue copy];
-
-		objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
-	} @catch (id e) {
-		[self release];
-		@throw e;
-	}
-
 	return self;
 }
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
@@ -110,13 +87,6 @@
 
 - (OFString *)description
 {
 	return self.XMLString;
 }
-
-- (OFXMLElement *)XMLElementBySerializing
-{
-	return [OFXMLElement elementWithName: self.className
-				   namespace: OFSerializationNS
-				 stringValue: _characters];
-}
 @end