diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.js
index 3897881841..d0dc4326c2 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1.js
@@ -50,21 +50,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(
         return capabilities;
     },
 
-    /**
-     * Property: readers
-     * Contains public functions, grouped by namespace prefix, that will
-     *     be applied when a namespaced node is found matching the function
-     *     name.  The function will be applied in the scope of this parser
-     *     with two arguments: the node being read and a context object passed
-     *     from the parent.
-     */
-    readers: {
-        "wcs": {
-            "WCS_Capabilities": function(node, obj) {           // In 1.0.0, this was WCS_Capabilties, changed in 1.1.0
-                this.readChildNodes(node, obj);
-            }
-        }
-    },
 
     CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities.v1" 
 
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js
index eed4edd9c3..efc02fe088 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_0_0.js
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities.v1_0_0 = OpenLayers.Class(
      */
     readers: {
         "wcs": OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults({
+             "WCS_Capabilities": function(node, obj) {          
+                this.readChildNodes(node, obj);
+            },
             "Service": function(node, obj) {
                 obj.service = {};
                 this.readChildNodes(node, obj.service);
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_1_0.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_1_0.js
index e8be41bfc7..5adb7bf247 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_1_0.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WCSCapabilities/v1_1_0.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WCSCapabilities.v1_1_0 = OpenLayers.Class(
      */
     readers: {
         "wcs": OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults({
-
             // In 1.0.0, this was WCS_Capabilties, in 1.1.0, it's Capabilities
             "Capabilities": function(node, obj) {           
                 this.readChildNodes(node, obj);