diff --git a/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/ParseData/internal-document.result b/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/ParseData/internal-document.result
index 5732d280a..981d3469d 100644
--- a/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/ParseData/internal-document.result
+++ b/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/ParseData/internal-document.result
@@ -9,76 +9,55 @@ parser:foundElementDeclarationWithName:model: result
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: cTree  cTree {
     version = "1.0";
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: function  function {
     name = ".main.dbl";
     srcLoc = "line 1.32";
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: argument  argument {
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: .main.sqr
-parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: argument  argument
-parser:foundCharacters: 
+.main.sqrparser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: argument  argument
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: argument  argument {
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 3
-parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: argument  argument
-parser:foundCharacters: 
+3parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: argument  argument
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: result  result {
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 12
-parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: result  result
-parser:foundCharacters: 
+12parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: result  result
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: function  function {
     name = ".main.sqr";
     srcLoc = "line 1.17";
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: argument  argument {
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 3
-parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: argument  argument
-parser:foundCharacters: 
+3parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: argument  argument
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: result  result {
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 6
-parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: result  result
-parser:foundCharacters: 
+6parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: result  result
 
 parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: function  function
-parser:foundCharacters: 
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: function  function {
     name = ".main.sqr";
     srcLoc = "line 1.17";
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: argument  argument {
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 6
-parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: argument  argument
-parser:foundCharacters: 
+6parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: argument  argument
 
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: result  result {
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 12
-parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: result  result
-parser:foundCharacters: 
+12parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: result  result
 
 parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: function  function
-parser:foundCharacters: 
 
 parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: function  function
-parser:foundCharacters: 
 
 parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: cTree  cTree
 parserDidEndDocument:
diff --git a/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/ParseData/quoted-entities.result b/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/ParseData/quoted-entities.result
index 0daa6b718..b0d33de8f 100644
--- a/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/ParseData/quoted-entities.result
+++ b/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/ParseData/quoted-entities.result
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ parserDidStartDocument:
 parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: node  node {
     attr = "-\"+";
 }
-parser:foundCharacters: 
-
-parser:foundCharacters: content
-parser:foundCharacters: 
 
+content
 parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: node  node
 parserDidEndDocument:
diff --git a/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/parse.m b/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/parse.m
index b5b56ace4..dd8acf2b0 100644
--- a/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/parse.m
+++ b/Tests/base/NSXMLParser/parse.m
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@
 - (void) parser: (NSXMLParser *)parser
   foundCharacters: (NSString *)string
 {
-  [s appendFormat: @"%@ %@\n", NSStringFromSelector(_cmd),
-    string];
+  [s appendString: string];
 }
 
 - (void) parser: (NSXMLParser *)parser