diff --git a/forge-gui/pom.xml b/forge-gui/pom.xml
index 63d5e81e111..e3046e142f1 100644
--- a/forge-gui/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui/pom.xml
@@ -51,11 +51,5 @@
             <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
             <version>2.3.20</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>xmlpull</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xmlpull</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.3.1</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/card/CardPreferences.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/card/CardPreferences.java
index ac049ce636a..b35deae24c1 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/card/CardPreferences.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/card/CardPreferences.java
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 package forge.card;
 
-import javax.xml.stream.*;
-import javax.xml.stream.events.Attribute;
-import javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement;
-import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
-
 import forge.item.IPaperCard;
 import forge.properties.ForgeConstants;
+import forge.util.XmlUtil;
 
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
 /** 
  * Preferences associated with individual cards
  *
  */
 public class CardPreferences {
-    private static final XMLEventFactory EVENT_FACTORY = XMLEventFactory.newInstance();
-    private static final XMLEvent NEWLINE = EVENT_FACTORY.createDTD("\n");
-    private static final XMLEvent TAB = EVENT_FACTORY.createDTD("\t");
     private static Map<String, CardPreferences> allPrefs = new HashMap<String, CardPreferences>();
 
     public static CardPreferences getPrefs(IPaperCard card) {
@@ -39,77 +36,43 @@ public class CardPreferences {
         allPrefs.clear();
 
         try {
-            final XMLInputFactory in = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
-            final XMLEventReader reader = in.createXMLEventReader(new FileInputStream(ForgeConstants.CARD_PREFS_FILE));
-
-            XMLEvent event;
-            StartElement element;
-            Iterator<?> attributes;
-            Attribute attribute;
-            String tagname;
-            CardPreferences prefs;
-
-            while (reader.hasNext()) {
-                event = reader.nextEvent();
-
-                if (event.isStartElement()) {
-                    element = event.asStartElement();
-                    tagname = element.getName().getLocalPart();
-
-                    if (tagname.equals("card")) {
-                        prefs = new CardPreferences();
-                        attributes = element.getAttributes();
-
-                        while (attributes.hasNext()) {
-                            attribute = (Attribute) attributes.next();
-                            switch (attribute.getName().toString()) {
-                            case "name":
-                                allPrefs.put(attribute.getValue(), prefs);
-                                break;
-                            case "stars":
-                                prefs.starCount = Integer.parseInt(attribute.getValue());
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
+            DocumentBuilder builder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
+            final Document document = builder.parse(ForgeConstants.CARD_PREFS_FILE);
+            final NodeList cards = document.getElementsByTagName("card");
+            for (int i = 0; i < cards.getLength(); i++) {
+                final CardPreferences prefs = new CardPreferences();
+                final Element el = (Element)cards.item(i);
+                allPrefs.put(el.getAttribute("name"), prefs);
+                prefs.starCount = Integer.parseInt(el.getAttribute("stars"));
             }
         }
-        catch (final FileNotFoundException e) {
-            /* ignore; it's ok if this file doesn't exist */
+        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            //ok if file not found
         }
-        catch (final Exception e) {
+        catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
 
     public static void save() {
         try {
-            final XMLOutputFactory out = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance();
-            final XMLEventWriter writer = out.createXMLEventWriter(new FileOutputStream(ForgeConstants.CARD_PREFS_FILE));
-    
-            writer.add(EVENT_FACTORY.createStartDocument());
-            writer.add(NEWLINE);
-            writer.add(EVENT_FACTORY.createStartElement("", "", "preferences"));
-            writer.add(EVENT_FACTORY.createAttribute("type", "cards"));
-            writer.add(NEWLINE);
-    
+            DocumentBuilder builder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
+            Document document = builder.newDocument();
+            Element root = document.createElement("preferences");
+            root.setAttribute("type", "cards");
+            document.appendChild(root);
+
             for (Map.Entry<String, CardPreferences> entry : allPrefs.entrySet()) {
                 if (entry.getValue().starCount > 0) {
-                    writer.add(TAB);
-                    writer.add(EVENT_FACTORY.createStartElement("", "", "card"));
-                    writer.add(EVENT_FACTORY.createAttribute("name", entry.getKey()));
-                    writer.add(EVENT_FACTORY.createAttribute("stars", String.valueOf(entry.getValue().starCount)));
-                    writer.add(EVENT_FACTORY.createEndElement("", "", "card"));
-                    writer.add(NEWLINE);
+                    Element card = document.createElement("card");
+                    card.setAttribute("name", entry.getKey());
+                    card.setAttribute("stars", String.valueOf(entry.getValue().starCount));
+                    root.appendChild(card);
                 }
             }
-    
-            writer.add(EVENT_FACTORY.createEndDocument());
-            writer.flush();
-            writer.close();
+            XmlUtil.saveDocument(document, ForgeConstants.CARD_PREFS_FILE);
         }
-        catch (final Exception e) {
+        catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/util/XmlUtil.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/util/XmlUtil.java
index d2e67698467..1e4f78aae11 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/util/XmlUtil.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/util/XmlUtil.java
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@
  */
 package forge.util;
 
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserFactory;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializer;
 
 import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
 import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
@@ -30,14 +28,7 @@ import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-import java.util.Stack;
 
 
 public class XmlUtil {
@@ -54,6 +45,7 @@ public class XmlUtil {
             final Transformer t = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
             t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
             t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
+            t.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");
             t.transform(new DOMSource(node), new StreamResult(sw));
         } catch (final TransformerException te) {
             System.out.println("nodeToString Transformer Exception");
@@ -61,135 +53,13 @@ public class XmlUtil {
         return sw.toString();
     }
 
-    public static void read(String filename, XmlTagReader reader) {
-        try {
-            XmlPullParserFactory factory = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance();
-            factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
-            XmlPullParser xml = factory.newPullParser();
-            xml.setInput(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(filename)));
-
-            int eventType = xml.getEventType();
-            while (eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
-                switch (eventType) {
-                case XmlPullParser.START_TAG:
-                    reader.tagStart(xml);
-                    break;
-                case XmlPullParser.END_TAG:
-                    reader.tagEnd(xml);
-                    break;
-                }
-                eventType = xml.next();
-            }
-        }
-        catch (final FileNotFoundException e) {
-            /* ignore if file doesn't exist */
-        }
-        catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static abstract class XmlTagReader {
-        public abstract void tagStart(XmlPullParser xml);
-        public void tagEnd(XmlPullParser xml) {
-            //not required to override but can be
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static void write(String filename, XmlTagWriter writer) {
-        FileOutputStream outputStream = null;
-        try {
-            outputStream = new FileOutputStream(filename);
-            XmlPullParserFactory factory = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance(System.getProperty(XmlPullParserFactory.PROPERTY_NAME), null);
-            XmlSerializer xml = factory.newSerializer();
-            xml.setOutput(outputStream, null);
-            xml.startDocument(null, true);
-            xml.setFeature("http://xmlpull.org/v1/doc/features.html#indent-output", true);
-            writer.writeTags(new XmlWriter(xml));
-            xml.endDocument();
-            xml.flush();
-            outputStream.close();
-        }
-        catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            if (outputStream != null) {
-                try {
-                    outputStream.close();
-                }
-                catch (Exception e1) {
-                    e1.printStackTrace();
-                }
-            }
-            try {
-                new File(filename).delete(); //delete file if exception
-            }
-            catch (Exception e1) {
-                e1.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class XmlWriter {
-        private XmlSerializer xml;
-        private Stack<String> tagnames;
-
-        private XmlWriter(XmlSerializer xml0) {
-            xml = xml0;
-        }
-
-        public void startTag(String tagname) {
-            startTag(tagname, null);
-        }
-        public void startTag(String tagname, Map<String, String> attrs) {
-            try {
-                xml.startTag("", tagname);
-                if (attrs != null) {
-                    for (Entry<String, String> attr : attrs.entrySet()) {
-                        xml.attribute("", attr.getKey(), attr.getValue());
-                    }
-                }
-                tagnames.push(tagname);
-            }
-            catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-
-        public void writeTag(String tagname, Map<String, String> attrs) {
-            writeTag(tagname, attrs, null);
-        }
-        public void writeTag(String tagname, String value) {
-            writeTag(tagname, null, value);
-        }
-        public void writeTag(String tagname, Map<String, String> attrs, String value) {
-            try {
-                xml.startTag("", tagname);
-                if (attrs != null) {
-                    for (Entry<String, String> attr : attrs.entrySet()) {
-                        xml.attribute("", attr.getKey(), attr.getValue());
-                    }
-                }
-                if (value != null) {
-                    xml.text(value);
-                }
-                xml.endTag("", tagname);
-            }
-            catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-
-        public void endTag() {
-            try {
-                xml.endTag("", tagnames.pop());
-            }
-            catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static abstract class XmlTagWriter {
-        public abstract void writeTags(XmlWriter xml);
+    public static void saveDocument(final Document document, String filename) throws TransformerException {
+        Transformer t = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
+        t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
+        t.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
+        t.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "2");
+        DOMSource source = new DOMSource(document);
+        StreamResult result = new StreamResult(new File(filename));
+        t.transform(source, result);
     }
 }