diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/AbstractStandardBasicType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/AbstractStandardBasicType.java
index 57ad57753803..2dba605cfa54 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/AbstractStandardBasicType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/AbstractStandardBasicType.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.dom4j.Node;
-
 import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
 import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
 import org.hibernate.MappingException;
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.Mapping;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionImplementor;
-import org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.collections.ArrayHelper;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.spi.relational.Size;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.WrapperOptions;
@@ -79,14 +76,6 @@ public T fromStringValue(String xml) throws HibernateException {
 		return fromString( xml );
 	}
 
-	public String toXMLString(T value, SessionFactoryImplementor factory) throws HibernateException {
-		return toString( value );
-	}
-
-	public T fromXMLString(String xml, Mapping factory) throws HibernateException {
-		return StringHelper.isEmpty( xml ) ? null : fromStringValue( xml );
-	}
-
 	protected MutabilityPlan<T> getMutabilityPlan() {
 		return javaTypeDescriptor.getMutabilityPlan();
 	}
@@ -303,7 +292,7 @@ public SqlTypeDescriptor remapSqlTypeDescriptor(SqlTypeDescriptor sqlTypeDescrip
 
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
 	protected final void nullSafeSet(PreparedStatement st, Object value, int index, WrapperOptions options) throws SQLException {
-		remapSqlTypeDescriptor( options ).getBinder( javaTypeDescriptor ).bind( st, ( T ) value, index, options );
+		remapSqlTypeDescriptor( options ).getBinder( javaTypeDescriptor ).bind( st, (T) value, index, options );
 	}
 
 	protected SqlTypeDescriptor remapSqlTypeDescriptor(WrapperOptions options) {
@@ -346,7 +335,7 @@ public final void beforeAssemble(Serializable cached, SessionImplementor session
 
 	public final Object hydrate(ResultSet rs, String[] names, SessionImplementor session, Object owner)
 			throws HibernateException, SQLException {
-		return nullSafeGet(rs, names, session, owner);
+		return nullSafeGet( rs, names, session, owner );
 	}
 
 	public final Object resolve(Object value, SessionImplementor session, Object owner) throws HibernateException {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/MetaType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/MetaType.java
index e7c6c293d8d0..d1c333509c34 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/MetaType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/MetaType.java
@@ -122,17 +122,7 @@ public void nullSafeSet(
 	}
 
 	public String toLoggableString(Object value, SessionFactoryImplementor factory) throws HibernateException {
-		return toXMLString(value, factory);
-	}
-	
-	public String toXMLString(Object value, SessionFactoryImplementor factory)
-		throws HibernateException {
-		return (String) value; //value is the entity name
-	}
-
-	public Object fromXMLString(String xml, Mapping factory)
-		throws HibernateException {
-		return xml; //xml is the entity name
+		return value == null ? "<null>" : value.toString();
 	}
 
 	public String getName() {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/NullableType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/NullableType.java
index 53e0b11b2c51..74af6028f742 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/NullableType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/NullableType.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 
-import org.dom4j.Node;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
@@ -207,15 +206,6 @@ public final Object nullSafeGet(ResultSet rs, String name, SessionImplementor se
 		return nullSafeGet( rs, name );
 	}
 
-	public final String toXMLString(Object value, SessionFactoryImplementor pc)
-	throws HibernateException {
-		return toString(value);
-	}
-
-	public final Object fromXMLString(String xml, Mapping factory) throws HibernateException {
-		return xml==null || xml.length()==0 ? null : fromStringValue(xml);
-	}
-
 	public final int getColumnSpan(Mapping session) {
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -236,7 +226,7 @@ public Size[] defaultSizes(Mapping mapping) throws MappingException {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isEqual(Object x, Object y) {
-		return EqualsHelper.equals(x, y);
+		return EqualsHelper.equals( x, y );
 	}
 
 	public String toLoggableString(Object value, SessionFactoryImplementor factory) {