@@ -1309,15 +1309,12 @@
 	element = [OFXMLElement elementWithName: className
 				      namespace: OF_SERIALIZATION_NS
 				    stringValue: self];
 
 	[element retain];
-	@try {
-		[pool release];
-	} @finally {
-		[element autorelease];
-	}
+	[pool release];
+	[element autorelease];
 
 	return element;
 }
 
 - (of_unichar_t)characterAtIndex: (size_t)index