diff --git a/lib/assets/Xml.js b/lib/assets/Xml.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/assets/Xml.js
+++ b/lib/assets/Xml.js
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ extendWithGettersAndSetters(Xml.prototype, {
                 }),
                 document = domParser.parseFromString(this.text, 'text/xml');
 
-            if (!firstParseError && document && (!document.documentElement || document.documentElement.nodeName !== 'svg')) {
-                firstParseError = new Error('non-SVG document');
-            }
             if (firstParseError) {
                 var err = new errors.ParseError({message: 'Parse error in ' + (this.url || 'inline Xml' + (this.nonInlineAncestor ? ' in ' + this.nonInlineAncestor.url : '')) + '\n' + firstParseError.message, asset: this});
                 if (this.assetGraph) {
Fixed copy/paste error that required XML documents to have an <svg> element at the top level (assetgraph-builder#<I>).