diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoRSS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoRSS.js
index f81c727a50..79c6356280 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoRSS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GeoRSS.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
             var geometry = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(location[1], location[0]);
               
         } else if (line.length > 0) {
-            var coords = OpenLayers.String.trim(this.concatChildValues(line[0])).split(/\s+/);
+            var coords = OpenLayers.String.trim(this.getChildValue(line[0])).split(/\s+/);
             var components = []; 
             var point;
             for (var i=0, len=coords.length; i<len; i+=2) {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
             }
             geometry = new OpenLayers.Geometry.LineString(components);
         } else if (polygon.length > 0) { 
-            var coords = OpenLayers.String.trim(this.concatChildValues(polygon[0])).split(/\s+/);
+            var coords = OpenLayers.String.trim(this.getChildValue(polygon[0])).split(/\s+/);
             var components = []; 
             var point;
             for (var i=0, len=coords.length; i<len; i+=2) {
@@ -193,17 +193,17 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
         var geometry = this.createGeometryFromItem(item);
      
         /* Provide defaults for title and description */
-        var title = this.getChildValue(item, "*", "title", this.featureTitle);
+        var title = this._getChildValue(item, "*", "title", this.featureTitle);
        
         /* First try RSS descriptions, then Atom summaries */
-        var description = this.getChildValue(
+        var description = this._getChildValue(
             item, "*", "description",
-            this.getChildValue(item, "*", "content",
-                this.getChildValue(item, "*", "summary", this.featureDescription)));
+            this._getChildValue(item, "*", "content",
+                this._getChildValue(item, "*", "summary", this.featureDescription)));
 
         /* If no link URL is found in the first child node, try the
            href attribute */
-        var link = this.getChildValue(item, "*", "link");
+        var link = this._getChildValue(item, "*", "link");
         if(!link) {
             try {
                 link = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(item, "*", "link")[0].getAttribute("href");
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
             }
         }
 
-        var id = this.getChildValue(item, "*", "id", null);
+        var id = this._getChildValue(item, "*", "id", null);
         
         var data = {
             "title": title,
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
     },        
     
     /**
-     * Method: getChildValue
+     * Method: _getChildValue
      *
      * Parameters:
      * node - {DOMElement}
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
      * {String} The value of the first child with the given tag name.  Returns
      *     default value or empty string if none found.
      */
-    getChildValue: function(node, nsuri, name, def) {
+    _getChildValue: function(node, nsuri, name, def) {
         var value;
         var eles = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(node, nsuri, name);
         if(eles && eles[0] && eles[0].firstChild
             && eles[0].firstChild.nodeValue) {
-            value = OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.getChildValue(eles[0]);
+            value = this.getChildValue(eles[0]);
         } else {
             value = (def == undefined) ? "" : def;
         }
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML.js
index d06e1e8317..afbad31d72 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML.js
@@ -379,40 +379,6 @@ OpenLayers.Format.XML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
         return value;
     },
 
-    /**
-     * APIMethod: concatChildValues
-     * *Deprecated*. Use <getChildValue> instead.
-     *
-     * Concatenate the value of all child nodes if any exist, or return an
-     *     optional default string.  Returns an empty string if no children
-     *     exist and no default value is supplied.  Not optimized for large
-     *     numbers of child nodes.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * node - {DOMElement} The element used to look for child values.
-     * def - {String} Optional string to return in the event that no
-     *     child exist.
-     *
-     * Returns:
-     * {String} The concatenated value of all child nodes of the given node.
-     */
-    concatChildValues: function(node, def) {
-        var value = "";
-        var child = node.firstChild;
-        var childValue;
-        while(child) {
-            childValue = child.nodeValue;
-            if(childValue) {
-                value += childValue;
-            }
-            child = child.nextSibling;
-        }
-        if(value == "" && def != undefined) {
-            value = def;
-        }
-        return value;
-    },
-    
     /**
      * APIMethod: isSimpleContent
      * Test if the given node has only simple content (i.e. no child element
diff --git a/lib/deprecated.js b/lib/deprecated.js
index 03b74f3ef8..bcc4d270bb 100644
--- a/lib/deprecated.js
+++ b/lib/deprecated.js
@@ -1702,3 +1702,45 @@ OpenLayers.Control.MouseToolbar = OpenLayers.Class(
 OpenLayers.Control.MouseToolbar.X = 6;
 OpenLayers.Control.MouseToolbar.Y = 300;
 
+/**
+ * Class: OpenLayers.Format.XML
+ */
+OpenLayers.Util.extend(OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype, {
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: concatChildValues
+     * *Deprecated*. Use <getChildValue> instead.
+     *
+     * Concatenate the value of all child nodes if any exist, or return an
+     *     optional default string.  Returns an empty string if no children
+     *     exist and no default value is supplied.  Not optimized for large
+     *     numbers of child nodes.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} The element used to look for child values.
+     * def - {String} Optional string to return in the event that no
+     *     child exist.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {String} The concatenated value of all child nodes of the given node.
+     */
+    concatChildValues: function(node, def) {
+        var value = "";
+        var child = node.firstChild;
+        var childValue;
+        while(child) {
+            childValue = child.nodeValue;
+            if(childValue) {
+                value += childValue;
+            }
+            child = child.nextSibling;
+        }
+        if(value == "" && def != undefined) {
+            value = def;
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+    
+    
+});
+