diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Atom.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Atom.js
index d26ab1e602..5c26a2d7bb 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Atom.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Atom.js
@@ -59,18 +59,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.Atom = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     xy: false,
     
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.AtomEntry
-     * Create a new parser for Atom.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-    
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Return a list of features from an Atom feed or entry document.
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Filter.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Filter.js
index bda8b63584..cffbcd7cec 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Filter.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/Filter.js
@@ -39,18 +39,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.Filter = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     parser: null,
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.Filter
-     * Create a new parser for Filter.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: write
      * Write an ogc:Filter given a filter object.
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js
index cf29c14325..9642348cbc 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.JSON, {
      */ 
     ignoreExtraDims: false,
     
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON
-     * Create a new parser for GeoJSON.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.JSON.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Deserialize a GeoJSON string.
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoRSS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoRSS.js
index 44a71a9337..2e8522d53f 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoRSS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoRSS.js
@@ -75,18 +75,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */ 
     xy: false,
     
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS
-     * Create a new parser for GeoRSS.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-    
     /**
      * Method: createGeometryFromItem
      * Return a geometry from a GeoRSS Item.
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/JSON.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/JSON.js
index d0626f94db..22ff1839dd 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/JSON.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/JSON.js
@@ -67,18 +67,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.JSON = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
         return !!(window.JSON && typeof JSON.parse == "function" && typeof JSON.stringify == "function");
     })(),
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.JSON
-     * Create a new parser for JSON.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Deserialize a json string.
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD.js
index 471d023c95..0dde7e6f91 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD.js
@@ -50,18 +50,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.SLD = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     parser: null,
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.SLD
-     * Create a new parser for SLD.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: write
      * Write a SLD document given a list of styles.
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSCapabilities.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSCapabilities.js
index a2367afd33..73274bd84e 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSCapabilities.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSCapabilities.js
@@ -34,19 +34,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.SOSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     parser: null,     
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.SOSCapabilities
-     * Create a new parser for SOS capabilities.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-        this.options = options;
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Read capabilities data from a string, and return information about
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSGetFeatureOfInterest.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSGetFeatureOfInterest.js
index 212593c82f..9ef9e85037 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSGetFeatureOfInterest.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSGetFeatureOfInterest.js
@@ -59,17 +59,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.SOSGetFeatureOfInterest = OpenLayers.Class(
         trimComma: (/\s*,\s*/g)
     },
     
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.SOSGetFeatureOfInterest
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Parse a GetFeatureOfInterest response and return an array of features
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSGetObservation.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSGetObservation.js
index 62380f3971..8c5d8544b1 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSGetObservation.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SOSGetObservation.js
@@ -61,17 +61,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.SOSGetObservation = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     defaultPrefix: "sos",
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.SOSGetObservation
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-
     /**
      * Method: read
      * 
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js
index d42a25d0b7..37e1f4210a 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSCapabilities.js
@@ -28,19 +28,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     version: null,
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities
-     * Create a new parser for WFS capabilities.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-        this.options = options;
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Read capabilities data from a string, and return a list of layers. 
@@ -77,4 +64,4 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
     
     CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.WFSCapabilities" 
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSDescribeFeatureType.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSDescribeFeatureType.js
index 778c4791d3..ee08887867 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSDescribeFeatureType.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFSDescribeFeatureType.js
@@ -22,19 +22,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFSDescribeFeatureType = OpenLayers.Class(
     namespaces: {
         xsd: "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     },
-    
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WFSDescribeFeatureType
-     * Create a new parser for WFS DescribeFeatureType responses.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-    
+        
     /**
      * Property: readers
      * Contains public functions, grouped by namespace prefix, that will
@@ -195,4 +183,4 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFSDescribeFeatureType = OpenLayers.Class(
     
     CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.WFSDescribeFeatureType" 
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSCapabilities.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSCapabilities.js
index 49396b73a8..d775ec07d7 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSCapabilities.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSCapabilities.js
@@ -43,19 +43,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     parser: null,
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WMSCapabilities
-     * Create a new parser for WMS capabilities.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-        this.options = options;
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Read capabilities data from a string, and return a list of layers. 
@@ -90,4 +77,4 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
     
     CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.WMSCapabilities" 
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer.js
index cf949820d2..21f39e5e19 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSDescribeLayer.js
@@ -29,19 +29,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     version: null,
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer
-     * Create a new parser for WMS DescribeLayer responses.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-        this.options = options;
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Read DescribeLayer data from a string, and return the response. 
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSGetFeatureInfo.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSGetFeatureInfo.js
index 15a842796b..804c0c3414 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSGetFeatureInfo.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSGetFeatureInfo.js
@@ -48,20 +48,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMSGetFeatureInfo = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      */
     gmlFormat: null,
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WMSGetFeatureInfo
-     * Create a new parser for WMS GetFeatureInfo responses
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
-        OpenLayers.Util.extend(this, options);
-        this.options = options;
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Read WMS GetFeatureInfo data from a string, and return an array of features
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js
index bf9e62686f..91861bcdf8 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js
@@ -47,19 +47,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMTSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
         "urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326": true
     },
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.WMTSCapabilities
-     * Create a new parser for WMTS capabilities.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
-     *     this instance.
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-        this.options = options;
-    },
-
     /**
      * APIMethod: read
      * Read capabilities data from a string, and return information about