diff --git a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventFactory.java b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventFactory.java
index 82389cba0d2c30ee7ae7eb7c388742d6843e1529..1b10d6b5ee57c034df579846e276bc83c3400a1a 100644
--- a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventFactory.java
+++ b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLEventFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ public abstract class XMLEventFactory {
    * <p>
    *   Once an application has obtained a reference to a XMLEventFactory it
    *   can use the factory to configure and obtain stream instances.
-   * <p>
-   *   Note that this is a new method that replaces the deprecated newInstance() method.
-   *     No changes in behavior are defined by this replacement method relative to
-   *     the deprecated method.
    *
    * @throws FactoryConfigurationError in case of {@linkplain
    *   java.util.ServiceConfigurationError service configuration error} or if
diff --git a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLInputFactory.java b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLInputFactory.java
index d3bb45a1d6cf7330f5eb0dc8a8fb2495f5bdce87..aa94f4ff94f5038c49878801f9d08dcd4b924a9f 100644
--- a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLInputFactory.java
+++ b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLInputFactory.java
@@ -209,16 +209,11 @@ public abstract class XMLInputFactory {
    * <p>
    *   Once an application has obtained a reference to a XMLInputFactory it
    *   can use the factory to configure and obtain stream instances.
-   * <p>
-   *   Note that this is a new method that replaces the deprecated newInstance() method.
-   *     No changes in behavior are defined by this replacement method relative to
-   *     the deprecated method.
    *
    * @throws FactoryConfigurationError in case of {@linkplain
    *   java.util.ServiceConfigurationError service configuration error} or if
    *   the implementation is not available or cannot be instantiated.
    */
-  @Deprecated(since="1.7")
   public static XMLInputFactory newFactory()
     throws FactoryConfigurationError
   {
diff --git a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLOutputFactory.java b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLOutputFactory.java
index 2c0cc0ac088b286d529b68bbbbbe4e980ed12bef..cb95d8af250a3c07528e0744c1c56ce5629b7c32 100644
--- a/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLOutputFactory.java
+++ b/jaxp/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/stream/XMLOutputFactory.java
@@ -189,10 +189,6 @@ public abstract class XMLOutputFactory {
    * <p>
    * Once an application has obtained a reference to a XMLOutputFactory it
    * can use the factory to configure and obtain stream instances.
-   * <p>
-   * Note that this is a new method that replaces the deprecated newInstance() method.
-   *   No changes in behavior are defined by this replacement method relative to the
-   *   deprecated method.
    *
    * @throws FactoryConfigurationError in case of {@linkplain
    *   java.util.ServiceConfigurationError service configuration error} or if