diff --git a/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/diff/ByNameAndTextRecSelector.java b/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/diff/ByNameAndTextRecSelector.java
index 70ae7786..c2c4cc1d 100644
--- a/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/diff/ByNameAndTextRecSelector.java
+++ b/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/diff/ByNameAndTextRecSelector.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import java.util.AbstractMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.CDATASection;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Text;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ private static Map.Entry<Integer, Node> findNonText(NodeList nl, int current, in
     }
 
     private static boolean isText(Node n) {
-        return n instanceof Text || n instanceof CDATASection;
+        return n instanceof Text;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/diff/MultiLevelByNameAndTextSelector.java b/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/diff/MultiLevelByNameAndTextSelector.java
index 868e7e5a..9719c2b1 100644
--- a/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/diff/MultiLevelByNameAndTextSelector.java
+++ b/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/diff/MultiLevelByNameAndTextSelector.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 */
 package org.xmlunit.diff;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.CDATASection;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.Text;
@@ -110,6 +109,6 @@ private Node getFirstEligibleChild(Node parent) {
     }
 
     private static boolean isText(Node n) {
-        return n instanceof Text || n instanceof CDATASection;
+        return n instanceof Text;
     }
 }
diff --git a/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/util/Nodes.java b/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/util/Nodes.java
index 6bf325b6..7ae7b65b 100644
--- a/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/util/Nodes.java
+++ b/xmlunit-core/src/main/java/org/xmlunit/util/Nodes.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
-import org.w3c.dom.CDATASection;
 import org.w3c.dom.CharacterData;
 import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ public static QName getQName(Node n) {
     public static String getMergedNestedText(Node n) {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         for (Node child : new IterableNodeList(n.getChildNodes())) {
-            if (child instanceof Text || child instanceof CDATASection) {
+            if (child instanceof Text) {
                 String s = child.getNodeValue();
                 if (s != null) {
                     sb.append(s);
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ private static void handleWsRec(Node n, boolean normalize) {
         for (Node child : new IterableNodeList(n.getChildNodes())) {
             handleWsRec(child, normalize);
             if (!(n instanceof Attr)
-                && (child instanceof Text || child instanceof CDATASection)
+                && (child instanceof Text)
                 && child.getNodeValue().length() == 0) {
                 toRemove.add(child);
             }
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ private static void stripECW(Node n) {
         for (Node child : new IterableNodeList(n.getChildNodes())) {
             stripECW(child);
             if (!(n instanceof Attr)
-                && (child instanceof Text || child instanceof CDATASection)
+                && (child instanceof Text)
                 && child.getNodeValue().trim().length() == 0) {
                 toRemove.add(child);
             }