1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/org/apache/fop/apps/Driver.java b/src/org/apache/fop/apps/Driver.java
index 8d4992fd4..e67443bcf 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/fop/apps/Driver.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/fop/apps/Driver.java
@@ -175,15 +175,13 @@ public class Driver {
     private FOUserAgent userAgent = null;
 
     public static final String getParserClassName() {
-        String parserClassName = null;
-        try {
-            parserClassName = System.getProperty("org.xml.sax.parser");
-        } catch (SecurityException se) {}
-
-        if (parserClassName == null) {
-            parserClassName = "org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser";
+        try { 
+            return javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance().newSAXParser().getXMLReader().getClass().getName();
+        } catch (javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException e) {
+            return null;
+        } catch (org.xml.sax.SAXException e) {
+            return null;
         }
-        return parserClassName;
     }
 
     /**