@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
 
 #import "OFXMLAttribute.h"
 #import "OFXMLNode+Private.h"
 #import "OFString.h"
 #import "OFDictionary.h"
-#import "OFXMLElement.h"
 
 #import "OFInvalidArgumentException.h"
 
 @implementation OFXMLAttribute
 @synthesize name = _name, namespace = _namespace;
@@ -63,46 +62,10 @@
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		[self release];
 		@throw e;
 	}
 
-	return self;
-}
-
-- (instancetype)initWithSerialization: (OFXMLElement *)element
-{
-	void *pool;
-	OFString *name, *namespace, *stringValue;
-
-	@try {
-		pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
-
-		if (![element.name isEqual: self.className] ||
-		    ![element.namespace isEqual: OFSerializationNS])
-			@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];
-
-		name = [element attributeForName: @"name"].stringValue;
-		namespace = [element attributeForName: @"namespace"]
-		    .stringValue;
-		stringValue = [element attributeForName: @"stringValue"]
-		    .stringValue;
-	} @catch (id e) {
-		[self release];
-		@throw e;
-	}
-
-	self = [self initWithName: name
-			namespace: namespace
-		      stringValue: stringValue];
-
-	@try {
-		objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
-	} @catch (id e) {
-		[self release];
-		@throw e;
-	}
-
 	return self;
 }
 
 - (void)dealloc
 {
@@ -161,36 +124,13 @@
 	OFHashFinalize(&hash);
 
 	return hash;
 }
 
-- (OFXMLElement *)XMLElementBySerializing
-{
-	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
-	OFXMLElement *element;
-
-	element = [OFXMLElement elementWithName: self.className
-				      namespace: OFSerializationNS];
-	[element addAttributeWithName: @"name" stringValue: _name];
-
-	if (_namespace != nil)
-		[element addAttributeWithName: @"namespace"
-				  stringValue: _namespace];
-
-	[element addAttributeWithName: @"stringValue"
-			  stringValue: _stringValue];
-
-	[element retain];
-
-	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
-
-	return [element autorelease];
-}
-
 - (OFString *)description
 {
 	return [OFString stringWithFormat: @"<%@: name=%@, namespace=%@, "
 					   @"stringValue=%@>",
 					   self.class, _name, _namespace,
 					   _stringValue];
 }
 @end