diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java
index 9b1152709..43d389b56 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ public class MigrationXmlWriter {
     try (FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file)) {
 
       writer.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n");
-      writer.write("<!DOCTYPE xml>\n");
       if (comment != null) {
         writer.write("<!-- ");
         writer.write(comment);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.0__initial.model.xml b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.0__initial.model.xml
index 386d4410c..a41e37358 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.0__initial.model.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.0__initial.model.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<!DOCTYPE xml>
 <migration xmlns="http://ebean-orm.github.io/xml/ns/dbmigration">
     <changeSet type="apply">
         <createTable name="migtest_ckey_assoc" pkName="pk_migtest_ckey_assoc">
diff --git a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.1.model.xml b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.1.model.xml
index 86eff4a3a..1f437cb14 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.1.model.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.1.model.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<!DOCTYPE xml>
 <migration xmlns="http://ebean-orm.github.io/xml/ns/dbmigration">
     <changeSet type="apply">
         <addColumn tableName="migtest_ckey_detail">
diff --git a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.2__dropsFor_1.1.model.xml b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.2__dropsFor_1.1.model.xml
index e60796068..59bf48a8f 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.2__dropsFor_1.1.model.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.2__dropsFor_1.1.model.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<!DOCTYPE xml>
 <migration xmlns="http://ebean-orm.github.io/xml/ns/dbmigration">
     <changeSet type="apply" dropsFor="1.1">
         <dropColumn columnName="old_boolean" tableName="migtest_e_basic"/>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.3.model.xml b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.3.model.xml
index 89fbcd07a..96cde72c8 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.3.model.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.3.model.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<!DOCTYPE xml>
 <migration xmlns="http://ebean-orm.github.io/xml/ns/dbmigration">
     <changeSet type="apply">
         <alterForeignKey name="fk_migtest_ckey_detail_parent" columnNames="DROP FOREIGN KEY" indexName="ix_migtest_ckey_detail_parent" tableName="migtest_ckey_detail"/>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.4__dropsFor_1.3.model.xml b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.4__dropsFor_1.3.model.xml
index 506444d0b..d46dc6825 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.4__dropsFor_1.3.model.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/dbmigration/migrationtest/model/1.4__dropsFor_1.3.model.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<!DOCTYPE xml>
 <migration xmlns="http://ebean-orm.github.io/xml/ns/dbmigration">
     <changeSet type="apply" dropsFor="1.3">
         <dropColumn columnName="one_key" tableName="migtest_ckey_detail"/>