diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index 65568023b..d041dd4f5 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -15,14 +15,17 @@ from django import forms
 from django.http.multipartparser import parse_header
 from django.template import RequestContext, loader, Template
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
+from django.utils.xmlutils import SimplerXMLGenerator
 from rest_framework.compat import yaml
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ConfigurationError
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request
-from rest_framework.utils import dict2xml
 from rest_framework.utils import encoders
 from rest_framework.utils.breadcrumbs import get_breadcrumbs
 from rest_framework import exceptions, parsers, status, VERSION
+from rest_framework.compat import StringIO
+from rest_framework.compat import six
+from rest_framework.compat import smart_text
 
 
 class BaseRenderer(object):
@@ -119,7 +122,38 @@ class XMLRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         """
         if data is None:
             return ''
-        return dict2xml(data)
+
+        stream = StringIO()
+
+        xml = SimplerXMLGenerator(stream, "utf-8")
+        xml.startDocument()
+        xml.startElement("root", {})
+
+        self._to_xml(xml, data)
+
+        xml.endElement("root")
+        xml.endDocument()
+        return stream.getvalue()
+
+    def _to_xml(self, xml, data):
+        if isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
+            for item in data:
+                xml.startElement("list-item", {})
+                self._to_xml(xml, item)
+                xml.endElement("list-item")
+
+        elif isinstance(data, dict):
+            for key, value in six.iteritems(data):
+                xml.startElement(key, {})
+                self._to_xml(xml, value)
+                xml.endElement(key)
+
+        elif data is None:
+            # Don't output any value
+            pass
+
+        else:
+            xml.characters(smart_text(data))
 
 
 class YAMLRenderer(BaseRenderer):
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/__init__.py b/rest_framework/utils/__init__.py
index 3bab3b5fa..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from django.utils.xmlutils import SimplerXMLGenerator
-from rest_framework.compat import StringIO
-from rest_framework.compat import six
-from rest_framework.compat import smart_text
-import re
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-
-
-# From xml2dict
-class XML2Dict(object):
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        pass
-
-    def _parse_node(self, node):
-        node_tree = {}
-        # Save attrs and text, hope there will not be a child with same name
-        if node.text:
-            node_tree = node.text
-        for (k, v) in node.attrib.items():
-            k, v = self._namespace_split(k, v)
-            node_tree[k] = v
-        #Save childrens
-        for child in node.getchildren():
-            tag, tree = self._namespace_split(child.tag, self._parse_node(child))
-            if  tag not in node_tree:  # the first time, so store it in dict
-                node_tree[tag] = tree
-                continue
-            old = node_tree[tag]
-            if not isinstance(old, list):
-                node_tree.pop(tag)
-                node_tree[tag] = [old]  # multi times, so change old dict to a list
-            node_tree[tag].append(tree)  # add the new one
-
-        return  node_tree
-
-    def _namespace_split(self, tag, value):
-        """
-           Split the tag  '{http://cs.sfsu.edu/csc867/myscheduler}patients'
-             ns = http://cs.sfsu.edu/csc867/myscheduler
-             name = patients
-        """
-        result = re.compile("\{(.*)\}(.*)").search(tag)
-        if result:
-            value.namespace, tag = result.groups()
-        return (tag, value)
-
-    def parse(self, file):
-        """parse a xml file to a dict"""
-        f = open(file, 'r')
-        return self.fromstring(f.read())
-
-    def fromstring(self, s):
-        """parse a string"""
-        t = ET.fromstring(s)
-        unused_root_tag, root_tree = self._namespace_split(t.tag, self._parse_node(t))
-        return root_tree
-
-
-def xml2dict(input):
-    return XML2Dict().fromstring(input)
-
-
-# Piston:
-class XMLRenderer():
-    def _to_xml(self, xml, data):
-        if isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
-            for item in data:
-                xml.startElement("list-item", {})
-                self._to_xml(xml, item)
-                xml.endElement("list-item")
-
-        elif isinstance(data, dict):
-            for key, value in six.iteritems(data):
-                xml.startElement(key, {})
-                self._to_xml(xml, value)
-                xml.endElement(key)
-
-        elif data is None:
-            # Don't output any value
-            pass
-
-        else:
-            xml.characters(smart_text(data))
-
-    def dict2xml(self, data):
-        stream = StringIO()
-
-        xml = SimplerXMLGenerator(stream, "utf-8")
-        xml.startDocument()
-        xml.startElement("root", {})
-
-        self._to_xml(xml, data)
-
-        xml.endElement("root")
-        xml.endDocument()
-        return stream.getvalue()
-
-
-def dict2xml(input):
-    return XMLRenderer().dict2xml(input)