diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/Xpp3DomBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/Xpp3DomBuilder.java
index a97e408e..76775e30 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/Xpp3DomBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/Xpp3DomBuilder.java
@@ -116,17 +116,7 @@ private static XMLReader createXmlReader() throws SAXException {
             return comSunXmlReader;
         }
 
-        String key = "org.xml.sax.driver";
-        String oldParser = System.getProperty(key);
-        System.clearProperty(key); // There's a "slight" problem with this an parallel maven: It does not work ;)
-
-        try {
-            return org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();
-        } finally {
-            if (oldParser != null) {
-                System.setProperty(key, oldParser);
-            }
-        }
+        return org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();
     }
 
     private static XMLReader instantiate(String s) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/Xpp3DomBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/Xpp3DomBuilderTest.java
index ec8ed461..d7d477db 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/Xpp3DomBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/Xpp3DomBuilderTest.java
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ public void trimming() {
         assertEquals("  preserve space  ", dom.getChild("element6").getValue());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void buildDoesNotModifySaxDriverProperty() {
+        String key = "org.xml.sax.driver";
+        String original = System.getProperty(key);
+        Xpp3DomBuilder.build(new StringReader("<root/>"));
+        assertEquals(original, System.getProperty(key));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testMalformedXml() {
         try {