diff --git a/src/apack/zcl_abapgit_apack_reader.clas.abap b/src/apack/zcl_abapgit_apack_reader.clas.abap
index fb546a022..3cdee0f2e 100644
--- a/src/apack/zcl_abapgit_apack_reader.clas.abap
+++ b/src/apack/zcl_abapgit_apack_reader.clas.abap
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ CLASS zcl_abapgit_apack_reader IMPLEMENTATION.
 
     lv_xml = iv_xml.
 
-    " fix downward compatibility
-    REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '<_--28C_DATA_--29>' IN lv_xml WITH '<DATA>'.
-    REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '</_--28C_DATA_--29>' IN lv_xml WITH '</DATA>'.
-
     CALL TRANSFORMATION id
       OPTIONS value_handling = 'accept_data_loss'
       SOURCE XML lv_xml
diff --git a/src/zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit.clas.abap b/src/zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit.clas.abap
index dd6c175ff..3758bb451 100644
--- a/src/zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit.clas.abap
+++ b/src/zcl_abapgit_dot_abapgit.clas.abap
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@ CLASS ZCL_ABAPGIT_DOT_ABAPGIT IMPLEMENTATION.
 
     lv_xml = iv_xml.
 
-* fix downward compatibility
-    REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '<_--28C_DATA_--29>' IN lv_xml WITH '<DATA>'.
-    REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '</_--28C_DATA_--29>' IN lv_xml WITH '</DATA>'.
-
     CALL TRANSFORMATION id
       OPTIONS value_handling = 'accept_data_loss'
       SOURCE XML lv_xml