diff --git a/render/render_test.go b/render/render_test.go
index 530e222a..2b5b5a80 100644
--- a/render/render_test.go
+++ b/render/render_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/ugorji/go/codec"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
 
 // TODO unit tests
@@ -128,30 +130,6 @@ func TestRenderSecureJSONFail(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
-type xmlmap map[string]interface{}
-
-// Allows type H to be used with xml.Marshal
-func (h xmlmap) MarshalXML(e *xml.Encoder, start xml.StartElement) error {
-	start.Name = xml.Name{
-		Space: "",
-		Local: "map",
-	}
-	if err := e.EncodeToken(start); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for key, value := range h {
-		elem := xml.StartElement{
-			Name: xml.Name{Space: "", Local: key},
-			Attr: []xml.Attr{},
-		}
-		if err := e.EncodeElement(value, elem); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return e.EncodeToken(xml.EndElement{Name: start.Name})
-}
-
 func TestRenderYAML(t *testing.T) {
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	data := `
@@ -184,7 +162,7 @@ func TestRenderYAMLFail(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRenderXML(t *testing.T) {
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	data := xmlmap{
+	data := gin.H{
 		"foo": "bar",
 	}