diff --git a/src/ol/source/vectorfilesource.js b/src/ol/source/vectorfilesource.js
index 5030aa09cf..fcb1965c02 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/vectorfilesource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/vectorfilesource.js
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 goog.provide('ol.source.VectorFile');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.dom.xml');
 goog.require('goog.net.XhrIo');
 goog.require('ol.format.FormatType');
 goog.require('ol.proj');
 goog.require('ol.source.State');
 goog.require('ol.source.Vector');
+goog.require('ol.xml');
 
 
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ol.source.VectorFile.prototype.handleXhrIo_ = function(event) {
     } else if (type == ol.format.FormatType.XML) {
       source = xhrIo.getResponseXml();
       if (goog.isNull(source)) {
-        source = goog.dom.xml.loadXml(xhrIo.getResponseText());
+        source = ol.xml.load(xhrIo.getResponseText());
       }
     } else {
       goog.asserts.fail();