diff --git a/XML.java b/XML.java
index 23a991906..01f58e5d5 100755
--- a/XML.java
+++ b/XML.java
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ public static void noSpace(String string) throws JSONException {
 
     /**
      * Scan the content following the named tag, attaching it to the context.
+     *
+     * It does NOT generate an empty string JSON value for an empty XML tag.
+     *
      * @param x       The XMLTokener containing the source string.
      * @param context The JSONObject that will include the new material.
      * @param name    The tag name.
@@ -243,9 +246,11 @@ private static boolean parse(XMLTokener x, JSONObject context,
                     }
                     if (jsonobject.length() > 0) {
                         context.accumulate(tagName, jsonobject);
-                    } else {
-                        context.accumulate(tagName, "");
                     }
+                    // We do not want to consider empty tags
+                    // else {
+                    //     context.accumulate(tagName, "");
+                    // }
                     return false;
 
 // Content, between <...> and </...>
@@ -473,7 +478,7 @@ public static String toString(Object object, String tagName)
             if (object.getClass().isArray()) {
                 object = new JSONArray(object);
             }
-            
+
             if (object instanceof JSONArray) {
                 ja = (JSONArray)object;
                 length = ja.length();
@@ -487,6 +492,6 @@ public static String toString(Object object, String tagName)
         return (tagName == null) ? "\"" + string + "\"" :
             (string.length() == 0) ? "<" + tagName + "/>" :
             "<" + tagName + ">" + string + "</" + tagName + ">";
-            
+
     }
 }