diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 83a6f35..1847a83 100755
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ xmlcopyeditor_SOURCES = xmlcopyeditor.cpp associatedialog.cpp casehandler.cpp \
 	xmlparseschemans.cpp xmlshallowvalidator.cpp wrapxerces.cpp \
 	findreplacepanel.cpp commandpanel.cpp \
 	binaryfile.cpp xmlencodingspy.cpp wrapaspell.cpp \
-	rulesets filters png rng xpm templates copying help po \
+	rulesets png rng xpm templates copying help po \
 	xmlcopyeditor.spec xmlcopyeditor.png custom.xpm \
 	xmlcopyeditor.desktop
 xmlcopyeditor_LDFLAGS = $(WX_LIBS) \
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ xmlcopyeditor_LDFLAGS = $(WX_LIBS) \
 
 nobase_xmlcopyeditor_DATA = png/*.png \
 	rulesets/*.* \
-	filters/*.* \
 	rng/*.rng \
 	rng/*.rnc \
 	rng/exclude/*.rng \
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index fb118a1..063f1bd 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ xmlcopyeditor_SOURCES = xmlcopyeditor.cpp associatedialog.cpp casehandler.cpp \
 	xmlparseschemans.cpp xmlshallowvalidator.cpp wrapxerces.cpp \
 	findreplacepanel.cpp commandpanel.cpp \
 	binaryfile.cpp xmlencodingspy.cpp wrapaspell.cpp \
-	rulesets filters png rng xpm templates copying help po \
+	rulesets png rng xpm templates copying help po \
 	xmlcopyeditor.spec xmlcopyeditor.png custom.xpm \
 	xmlcopyeditor.desktop
 
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ xmlcopyeditor_LDFLAGS = $(WX_LIBS) \
 
 nobase_xmlcopyeditor_DATA = png/*.png \
 	rulesets/*.* \
-	filters/*.* \
 	rng/*.rng \
 	rng/*.rnc \
 	rng/exclude/*.rng \
diff --git a/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp b/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
index 23e18d0..a55fe61 100755
--- a/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
@@ -3250,53 +3250,12 @@ void MyFrame::OnSpelling ( wxCommandEvent& event )
 
 	std::string rawBufferUtf8;
 	getRawText ( doc, rawBufferUtf8 );
-
-	// handle unusual encodings
-	if ( !XmlEncodingHandler::setUtf8 ( rawBufferUtf8 ) )
-	{
-		encodingMessage();
-		return;
-	}
-
-	WrapTempFileName tempFileName ( doc->getFullFileName() );
-
-	ofstream rawBufferStream ( tempFileName.name().c_str() );
-	if ( !rawBufferStream )
-		return;
-
-	rawBufferStream << rawBufferUtf8;
-	rawBufferStream.close();
-
-	auto_ptr<WrapLibxml> wl ( new WrapLibxml ( libxmlNetAccess, catalogPath ) );
-
-	bool success = wl->parse ( tempFileName.name(), true );
-
-	std::string bufferParameterUtf8;
-
-	if ( !success )
-	{
-		statusProgress ( wxEmptyString );
-		std::string error = wl->getLastError();
-		wxString wideError = wxString ( error.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, error.size() );
-		wideError.Prepend ( _ ( "Checking document in read-only mode: " ) );
-		messagePane ( wideError, CONST_WARNING );
-
-		if ( !ReadFile::run ( tempFileName.name(), bufferParameterUtf8 ) )
-			return;
-		std::auto_ptr<WrapExpat> we ( new WrapExpat() );
-		bufferParameterUtf8 = we->xmliseTextNode ( bufferParameterUtf8 );
-		bufferParameterUtf8.insert ( 0, "<root>" );
-		bufferParameterUtf8 += "</root>";
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		bufferParameterUtf8 = wl->getOutput();
-	}
+	bool success = true; // always true for now: well-formedness not req'd 
 
 	auto_ptr<StyleDialog> sd ( new StyleDialog (
 	                               this,
 	                               wxICON ( appicon ),
-	                               bufferParameterUtf8,
+	                               rawBufferUtf8,
 	                               doc->getShortFileName(),
 	                               ruleSetDir,
 	                               filterDir,