2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/xml/marshal_test.go b/src/encoding/xml/marshal_test.go
index 774793a6c5..f6bcc7fd30 100644
--- a/src/encoding/xml/marshal_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/xml/marshal_test.go
@@ -1894,13 +1894,13 @@ func TestMarshalWriteIOErrors(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMarshalFlush(t *testing.T) {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	var buf strings.Builder
 	enc := NewEncoder(&buf)
 	if err := enc.EncodeToken(CharData("hello world")); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("enc.EncodeToken: %v", err)
 	}
 	if buf.Len() > 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("enc.EncodeToken caused actual write: %q", buf.Bytes())
+		t.Fatalf("enc.EncodeToken caused actual write: %q", buf.String())
 	}
 	if err := enc.Flush(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("enc.Flush: %v", err)
@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ var encodeTokenTests = []struct {
 func TestEncodeToken(t *testing.T) {
 loop:
 	for i, tt := range encodeTokenTests {
-		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		var buf strings.Builder
 		enc := NewEncoder(&buf)
 		var err error
 		for j, tok := range tt.toks {
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ func TestIsValidDirective(t *testing.T) {
 
 // Issue 11719. EncodeToken used to silently eat tokens with an invalid type.
 func TestSimpleUseOfEncodeToken(t *testing.T) {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	var buf strings.Builder
 	enc := NewEncoder(&buf)
 	if err := enc.EncodeToken(&StartElement{Name: Name{"", "object1"}}); err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("enc.EncodeToken: pointer type should be rejected")
diff --git a/src/encoding/xml/xml_test.go b/src/encoding/xml/xml_test.go
index 8f0d97b6a6..7266b8fc99 100644
--- a/src/encoding/xml/xml_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/xml/xml_test.go
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ func TestEscapeTextInvalidChar(t *testing.T) {
 	input := []byte("A \x00 terminated string.")
 	expected := "A \uFFFD terminated string."
 
-	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	buff := new(strings.Builder)
 	if err := EscapeText(buff, input); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("have %v, want nil", err)
 	}