diff --git a/pisi/pxml/autoxml.py b/pisi/pxml/autoxml.py
index 8938fcd6..6cf15551 100644
--- a/pisi/pxml/autoxml.py
+++ b/pisi/pxml/autoxml.py
@@ -304,10 +304,8 @@ class autoxml(oo.autosuper, oo.autoprop):
                 #else:
                 #    tag = self.__class__.tag # ought to be autoxml
                 #XmlFile.__init__(self, tag = tag)
-                #workaround: init only top level xmlfile, not the parts
                 if not args.has_key('tag'):
-                    #XmlFile.__init__(self, tag = cls.tag)
-                   pass # disable xmlfile support in constructor entirely! 
+                    XmlFile.__init__(self, tag = cls.tag)
             for base in cls.autoxml_bases:
                 base.__init__(self)
             #super(cls, self).__init__(tag = tag) cooperative shit disabled for now
diff --git a/pisi/pxml/xmlfilecdom.py b/pisi/pxml/xmlfilecdom.py
index a0ea49e7..beca979f 100644
--- a/pisi/pxml/xmlfilecdom.py
+++ b/pisi/pxml/xmlfilecdom.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ class XmlFile(object):
 
     def __init__(self, tag):
         self.rootTag = tag
-        self.newDocument()
 
     def newDocument(self):
         """clear DOM"""
diff --git a/pisi/pxml/xmlfilemdom.py b/pisi/pxml/xmlfilemdom.py
index 6e4e7fb5..28f5819e 100644
--- a/pisi/pxml/xmlfilemdom.py
+++ b/pisi/pxml/xmlfilemdom.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class XmlFile(object):
 
     def __init__(self, tag):
         self.rootTag = tag
-        self.newDocument()
 
     def newDocument(self):
         """clear DOM"""
diff --git a/pisi/pxml/xmlfilepiks.py b/pisi/pxml/xmlfilepiks.py
index 19df6264..9333e948 100644
--- a/pisi/pxml/xmlfilepiks.py
+++ b/pisi/pxml/xmlfilepiks.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class XmlFile(object):
 
     def __init__(self, tag):
         self.rootTag = tag
-        self.newDocument()
 
     def newDocument(self):
         """clear DOM"""