diff --git a/src/xercesc/internal/XMLScanner.cpp b/src/xercesc/internal/XMLScanner.cpp
index 5271d6b8de76213731fba0dedbc1c6d79ff0bddb..767f162cd51324a78e234d56eb3c2759cc1bd445 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/internal/XMLScanner.cpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/internal/XMLScanner.cpp
@@ -1438,7 +1438,6 @@ void XMLScanner::scanXMLDecl(const DeclTypes type)
                 else if (buffers[curString]->getLen() == 2 &&
                     (((rawValue[0] == chLatin_n) || (rawValue[0] == chLatin_N)) &&
                      ((rawValue[1] == chLatin_o) || (rawValue[1] == chLatin_O))))   
-                    fStandalone = true;
                     fStandalone = false;
             }
         }