diff --git a/txexpr/core-predicates.rkt b/txexpr/core-predicates.rkt
index 270fbaf..f13b10f 100644
--- a/txexpr/core-predicates.rkt
+++ b/txexpr/core-predicates.rkt
@@ -1,31 +1,28 @@
 #lang racket/base
-(require sugar/define (prefix-in xml: xml) racket/match)
-(provide (all-defined-out) cdata? cdata xexpr->string xexpr?)
+(require sugar/define xml racket/match)
+(provide (all-defined-out) cdata? cdata valid-char? xexpr->string xexpr?)
 
-; Section 2.2 of XML 1.1
-; (XML 1.0 is slightly different and more restrictive)
-(define (valid-char? i)
+;; Section 2.2 of XML 1.1
+;; (XML 1.0 is slightly different and more restrictive)
+;; make private version of my-valid-char to get consistent results with 6.0
+(define (my-valid-char? i)
   (and (exact-nonnegative-integer? i)
        (or (<= #x1     i #xD7FF)
            (<= #xE000  i #xFFFD)
            (<= #x10000 i #x10FFFF))))
 
-(define (xexpr? x)
-  (or (txexpr? x) (xml:xexpr? x) (valid-char? x)))
-
-(define cdata xml:cdata)
-(define cdata? xml:cdata?)
-(define xexpr->string xml:xexpr->string)
+(define (my-xexpr? x)
+  (or (txexpr? x) (xexpr? x) (my-valid-char? x)))
 
 (define (txexpr-short? x)
   (match x
-    [(list (? symbol? name) (? xexpr?) ...) #t]
+    [(list (? symbol? name) (? my-xexpr?) ...) #t]
     [else #f]))
 
 (define (txexpr? x)
   (or (txexpr-short? x)
       (match x
-        [(list (? symbol?) (list (list (? symbol?) (? string?)) ...) (? xexpr?) ...) #t]
+        [(list (? symbol?) (list (list (? symbol?) (? string?)) ...) (? my-xexpr?) ...) #t]
         [else #f])))
 
 (define (txexpr-tag? x)
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@
  (and (list? x) (andmap txexpr-attr? x)))
 
 (define (txexpr-element? x)
-  (xexpr? x))
+  (my-xexpr? x))
 
 (define (txexpr-elements? x)
  (and (list? x) (andmap txexpr-element? x)))
diff --git a/txexpr/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl b/txexpr/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl
index e68bed1..61cf594 100644
--- a/txexpr/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl
+++ b/txexpr/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @; for documentation purposes, use the xexpr? from xml.
 @; the one in txexpr is just to patch over an issue with
 @; `valid-char?` in Racket 6.
-@(require scribble/eval (for-label racket (except-in txexpr xexpr?) xml (only-in typed/racket require/typed)))
+@(require scribble/eval (for-label racket txexpr xml (only-in typed/racket require/typed)))
 
 @(define my-eval (make-base-eval))
 @(my-eval `(require txexpr xml))
diff --git a/txexpr/tests.rkt b/txexpr/tests.rkt
index 8d28317..ebb5292 100644
--- a/txexpr/tests.rkt
+++ b/txexpr/tests.rkt
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@
  (check-true (txexpr-element? "string"))
  (check-true (txexpr-element? 'amp))
  (check-true (txexpr-element? '(p "string")))
- (check-true (txexpr-element? 65)) ;; a valid-char
- (check-false (txexpr-element? 0)) ;; not a valid-char
+  (check-true (txexpr-element? 2)) ; a valid-char, but not in v6.0 xml:xexpr? 
+ (check-true (txexpr-element? 65)) ; a valid-char
+ (check-false (txexpr-element? 0)) ; not a valid-char
  
  (check-true (txexpr-elements? '("p" "foo" "123")))
  (check-true (txexpr-elements? '("p" "foo" 123))) ; includes number