--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2010/07/09 14:40:20	1.971
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2010/08/07 19:23:50	1.972
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.971 2010/07/09 14:40:20 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.972 2010/08/07 19:23:50 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -6585,10 +6585,6 @@ Inputs: none
 sub xml_begin {
     my $output='';
 
-    if ($env{'internal.start_page'}==1) {
-	&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::init_htmlareafields();
-    }
-
     if ($env{'browser.mathml'}) {
 	$output='<?xml version="1.0"?>'
             #.'<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/adm/MathML/mathml.css"?>'."\n"