diff --git a/src/GEOMUtils/GEOMUtils_XmlHandler.cxx b/src/GEOMUtils/GEOMUtils_XmlHandler.cxx
index b3de3f351..a05371b1c 100644
--- a/src/GEOMUtils/GEOMUtils_XmlHandler.cxx
+++ b/src/GEOMUtils/GEOMUtils_XmlHandler.cxx
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ namespace GEOMUtils
 	} // end root node
 	
 	xmlFreeDoc(doc);
-	xmlCleanupParser();
+	//xmlCleanupParser();//vsr: xmlCleanupParser should not be called from the application
       } // end xml doc
     }
 #ifdef MYDEBUG
diff --git a/src/XAO/XAO_XaoExporter.cxx b/src/XAO/XAO_XaoExporter.cxx
index 9bd59eafb..f8229318a 100644
--- a/src/XAO/XAO_XaoExporter.cxx
+++ b/src/XAO/XAO_XaoExporter.cxx
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ namespace {
     parseXaoNode(doc, root, xaoObject);
 
     xmlFreeDoc(doc);       // free document
-    xmlCleanupParser();    // free globals
+    //xmlCleanupParser();    // free globals //vsr: xmlCleanupParser should not be called from the application
   }
 
   void parseXaoNode(xmlDocPtr doc, xmlNodePtr xaoNode, Xao* xaoObject)