diff --git a/src/moab/MAcct.c b/src/moab/MAcct.c
index 99b5554..17dcbf0 100644
--- a/src/moab/MAcct.c
+++ b/src/moab/MAcct.c
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ int MAcctLoadCP(
     return(FAILURE);
     }
  
-  MXMLCreateE(&E,(char *)MXO[mxoAcct]);
- 
   MXMLFromString(&E,ptr,NULL,NULL);
  
   MOFromXML((void *)A,mxoAcct,E);
diff --git a/src/moab/MGroup.c b/src/moab/MGroup.c
index 71ad3d6..14d422c 100644
--- a/src/moab/MGroup.c
+++ b/src/moab/MGroup.c
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ int MGroupLoadCP(
     return(FAILURE);
     }
  
-  MXMLCreateE(&E,(char *)MXO[mxoGroup]);
- 
   MXMLFromString(&E,ptr,NULL,NULL);
  
   MOFromXML((void *)G,mxoGroup,E);