diff --git a/src/Latte/Essential/Filters.php b/src/Latte/Essential/Filters.php
index 97a1b3d3c..79336c8a8 100644
--- a/src/Latte/Essential/Filters.php
+++ b/src/Latte/Essential/Filters.php
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public static function dataStream(string $data, ?string $type = null): string
 	public static function breaklines(string|Stringable|null $s): Html
 	{
 		$s = htmlspecialchars((string) $s, ENT_NOQUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8');
-		return new Html(nl2br($s, Latte\Runtime\Filters::$xml));
+		return new Html(nl2br($s, false));
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/Latte/Runtime/Filters.php b/src/Latte/Runtime/Filters.php
index 70ec04a9f..c6c9c9f45 100644
--- a/src/Latte/Runtime/Filters.php
+++ b/src/Latte/Runtime/Filters.php
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ class Filters
 	/** @deprecated */
 	public static string $dateFormat = "j.\u{a0}n.\u{a0}Y";
 
-	/** @internal use XML syntax? */
-	public static bool $xml = false;
-
 
 	/**
 	 * Escapes string for use everywhere inside HTML (except for comments).
diff --git a/src/Latte/Runtime/Template.php b/src/Latte/Runtime/Template.php
index 5feca4734..94b4c266c 100644
--- a/src/Latte/Runtime/Template.php
+++ b/src/Latte/Runtime/Template.php
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ public function render(?string $block = null): void
 			$this->parentName = ($this->global->coreParentFinder)($this);
 		}
 
-		Filters::$xml = static::ContentType === Latte\ContentType::Xml;
-
 		if ($this->referenceType === 'import') {
 			if ($this->parentName) {
 				throw new Latte\RuntimeException('Imported template cannot use {extends} or {layout}, use {import}');
diff --git a/tests/filters/breaklines.phpt b/tests/filters/breaklines.phpt
index 23f6efc41..1c9290a8f 100644
--- a/tests/filters/breaklines.phpt
+++ b/tests/filters/breaklines.phpt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
 use Latte\Essential\Filters;
-use Latte\Runtime;
 use Latte\Runtime\Html;
 use Tester\Assert;
 
@@ -16,10 +15,6 @@ require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
 
 $input = "Hello\nmy\r\nfriend\n\r";
 
-Runtime\Filters::$xml = true;
-Assert::equal(new Html("Hello<br />\nmy<br />\r\nfriend<br />\n\r"), Filters::breaklines($input));
-
-Runtime\Filters::$xml = false;
 Assert::equal(new Html("Hello<br>\nmy<br>\r\nfriend<br>\n\r"), Filters::breaklines($input));
 
 Assert::equal(new Html("&lt;&gt;<br>\n&amp;"), Filters::breaklines("<>\n&"));