diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out b/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out
index 5691e4740d..f21e119f1e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/xml.out
@@ -263,17 +263,6 @@ SELECT xmlparse(content '<nosuchprefix:tag/>');
  <nosuchprefix:tag/>
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT xmlparse(document '');
-ERROR:  invalid XML document
-DETAIL:  line 1: switching encoding : no input
-
-^
-line 1: Document is empty
-
-^
-line 1: Start tag expected, '<' not found
-
-^
 SELECT xmlparse(document '   ');
 ERROR:  invalid XML document
 DETAIL:  line 1: Start tag expected, '<' not found
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out b/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out
index c7fa526f9c..d7027030c3 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/xml_1.out
@@ -204,10 +204,6 @@ SELECT xmlparse(content '<nosuchprefix:tag/>');
 ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
 HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-libxml.
-SELECT xmlparse(document '');
-ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
-DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
-HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-libxml.
 SELECT xmlparse(document '   ');
 ERROR:  unsupported XML feature
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with libxml support.
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/xml_2.out b/src/test/regress/expected/xml_2.out
index c2e929eb09..530faf5daf 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/xml_2.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/xml_2.out
@@ -251,10 +251,6 @@ SELECT xmlparse(content '<nosuchprefix:tag/>');
  <nosuchprefix:tag/>
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT xmlparse(document '');
-ERROR:  invalid XML document
-DETAIL:  line 1: switching encoding : no input
-line 1: Document is empty
 SELECT xmlparse(document '   ');
 ERROR:  invalid XML document
 DETAIL:  line 1: Start tag expected, '<' not found
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql
index 88764c88cd..08a0b30067 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/xml.sql
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ SELECT xmlparse(content '<relativens xmlns=''relative''/>');
 SELECT xmlparse(content '<twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>');
 SELECT xmlparse(content '<nosuchprefix:tag/>');
 
-SELECT xmlparse(document '');
 SELECT xmlparse(document '   ');
 SELECT xmlparse(document 'abc');
 SELECT xmlparse(document '<abc>x</abc>');