1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/util/DocumentHelper.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/util/DocumentHelper.java
index 79f3876482..ce8c4d0463 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/util/DocumentHelper.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/util/DocumentHelper.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public final class DocumentHelper {
     /**
      * Creates a new DOM Document
      */
-    public static synchronized Document createDocument() {
+    public static Document createDocument() {
         return documentBuilderSingleton.newDocument();
     }