1 files changed, 1 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/formats/xml_format.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/formats/xml_format.rb
index 3b2575cfa1..49cb9aa1ac 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/formats/xml_format.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/formats/xml_format.rb
@@ -18,19 +18,8 @@ module ActiveResource
       end
 
       def decode(xml)
-        from_xml_data(Hash.from_xml(xml))
+        Formats.remove_root(Hash.from_xml(xml))
       end
-
-      private
-        # Manipulate from_xml Hash, because xml_simple is not exactly what we
-        # want for Active Resource.
-        def from_xml_data(data)
-          if data.is_a?(Hash) && data.keys.size == 1
-            data.values.first
-          else
-            data
-          end
-        end
     end
   end
 end