1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/xmldecl.rb b/lib/rexml/xmldecl.rb
index 361e4b7106..6b48a6f8ea 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/xmldecl.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/xmldecl.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ require 'rexml/source'
 module REXML
   # NEEDS DOCUMENTATION
   class XMLDecl < Child
-    include Encoding
-
     DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.0";
     DEFAULT_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
     DEFAULT_STANDALONE = "no";
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@ module REXML
     STOP = '\?>';
 
     attr_accessor :version, :standalone
-    attr_reader :writeencoding, :writethis
+    attr_reader :encoding, :writeencoding, :writethis
 
     def initialize(version=DEFAULT_VERSION, encoding=nil, standalone=nil)
       @writethis = true
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ module REXML
     def ==( other )
       other.kind_of?(XMLDecl) and
       other.version == @version and
-      other.encoding == self.encoding and
+      other.encoding.upcase == self.encoding.upcase and
       other.standalone == @standalone
     end
 
@@ -72,14 +70,13 @@ module REXML
     end
 
     alias :stand_alone? :standalone
-    alias :old_enc= :encoding=
 
     def encoding=( enc )
       if enc.nil?
-        self.old_enc = "UTF-8"
+        @encoding = "UTF-8"
         @writeencoding = false
       else
-        self.old_enc = enc
+        @encoding = enc
         @writeencoding = true
       end
       self.dowrite