diff --git a/minidom-rs/CHANGELOG.md b/minidom-rs/CHANGELOG.md
index b1dec9c3..9cef50c4 100644
--- a/minidom-rs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/minidom-rs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Version XXX, released YYY:
+  * Breaking
+    `Element.write_to` doesn't prepand xml prelude anymore. Use `write_to_decl`.
   * Changes
     * Update edition to 2018
     * Add NSChoice enum to allow comparing NSs differently
diff --git a/minidom-rs/src/element.rs b/minidom-rs/src/element.rs
index f2d814a2..a9da2531 100644
--- a/minidom-rs/src/element.rs
+++ b/minidom-rs/src/element.rs
@@ -414,8 +414,18 @@ impl Element {
         self.to_writer(&mut EventWriter::new(writer))
     }
 
+    /// Output a document to a `Writer`.
+    pub fn write_to_decl<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<()> {
+        self.to_writer_decl(&mut EventWriter::new(writer))
+    }
+
     /// Output the document to quick-xml `Writer`
     pub fn to_writer<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut EventWriter<W>) -> Result<()> {
+        self.write_to_inner(writer)
+    }
+
+    /// Output the document to quick-xml `Writer`
+    pub fn to_writer_decl<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut EventWriter<W>) -> Result<()> {
         writer.write_event(Event::Decl(BytesDecl::new(b"1.0", Some(b"utf-8"), None)))?;
         self.write_to_inner(writer)
     }
diff --git a/minidom-rs/src/tests.rs b/minidom-rs/src/tests.rs
index 22e257aa..8798833d 100644
--- a/minidom-rs/src/tests.rs
+++ b/minidom-rs/src/tests.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::element::Element;
 
 use quick_xml::Reader;
 
-const TEST_STRING: &'static str = r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><root xmlns="root_ns" a="b" xml:lang="en">meow<child c="d"/><child xmlns="child_ns" d="e" xml:lang="fr"/>nya</root>"#;
+const TEST_STRING: &'static str = r#"<root xmlns="root_ns" a="b" xml:lang="en">meow<child c="d"/><child xmlns="child_ns" d="e" xml:lang="fr"/>nya</root>"#;
 
 fn build_test_tree() -> Element {
     let mut root = Element::builder("root")
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fn build_test_tree() -> Element {
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "comments")]
-const COMMENT_TEST_STRING: &'static str = r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><root><!--This is a child.--><child attr="val"><!--This is a grandchild.--><grandchild/></child></root>"#;
+const COMMENT_TEST_STRING: &'static str = r#"<root><!--This is a child.--><child attr="val"><!--This is a grandchild.--><grandchild/></child></root>"#;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "comments")]
 fn build_comment_test_tree() -> Element {
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ fn writer_works() {
     assert_eq!(String::from_utf8(writer).unwrap(), TEST_STRING);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn writer_with_decl_works() {
+    let root = build_test_tree();
+    let mut writer = Vec::new();
+    {
+        root.write_to_decl(&mut writer).unwrap();
+    }
+    let result = format!(r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>{}"#, TEST_STRING);
+    assert_eq!(String::from_utf8(writer).unwrap(), result);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn writer_escapes_attributes() {
     let root = Element::builder("root").attr("a", "\"Air\" quotes").build();
@@ -66,7 +77,7 @@ fn writer_escapes_attributes() {
     }
     assert_eq!(
         String::from_utf8(writer).unwrap(),
-        r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><root a="&quot;Air&quot; quotes"/>"#
+        r#"<root a="&quot;Air&quot; quotes"/>"#
     );
 }
 
@@ -77,10 +88,7 @@ fn writer_escapes_text() {
     {
         root.write_to(&mut writer).unwrap();
     }
-    assert_eq!(
-        String::from_utf8(writer).unwrap(),
-        r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><root>&lt;3</root>"#
-    );
+    assert_eq!(String::from_utf8(writer).unwrap(), r#"<root>&lt;3</root>"#);
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/Cargo.toml b/tokio-xmpp/Cargo.toml
index f0a88e9c..3e6e9362 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ trust-dns-resolver = "0.12"
 trust-dns-proto = "0.8"
 tokio-io = "0.1"
 tokio-tls = "0.2"
-quick-xml = "0.17"
 xml5ever = "0.15"
 xmpp-parsers = "0.16"
diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/src/xmpp_codec.rs b/tokio-xmpp/src/xmpp_codec.rs
index 39234069..236ff75a 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/src/xmpp_codec.rs
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/src/xmpp_codec.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 use crate::{ParseError, ParserError};
 use bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
-use quick_xml::Writer as EventWriter;
 use std;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
@@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ impl Encoder for XMPPCodec {
             }
             Packet::Stanza(stanza) => {
                 stanza
-                    .write_to_inner(&mut EventWriter::new(WriteBytes::new(dst)))
+                    .write_to(&mut WriteBytes::new(dst))
                     .and_then(|_| {
                         // println!(">> {:?}", dst);
                         Ok(())
diff --git a/xmpp-parsers/src/xhtml.rs b/xmpp-parsers/src/xhtml.rs
index 6049a5fb..6eacbc94 100644
--- a/xmpp-parsers/src/xhtml.rs
+++ b/xmpp-parsers/src/xhtml.rs
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(html, "Hello world!");
 
         let elem = Element::from(parsed2);
-        assert_eq!(String::from(&elem), "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><html xmlns=\"http://jabber.org/protocol/xhtml-im\"><body xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">Hello world!</body></html>");
+        assert_eq!(String::from(&elem), "<html xmlns=\"http://jabber.org/protocol/xhtml-im\"><body xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">Hello world!</body></html>");
     }
 
     #[test]