diff --git a/md_pdf/assets/templates/toc-template.xsl b/md_pdf/assets/templates/toc-template.xsl
index 38985e6..bf5f905 100644
--- a/md_pdf/assets/templates/toc-template.xsl
+++ b/md_pdf/assets/templates/toc-template.xsl
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
   xmlns:outline="http://wkhtmltopdf.org/outline"
   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-  <xsl:output
-    doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
-    doctype-system="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"
-    indent="yes" />
   <xsl:template match="outline:outline">
     <html>
       <head>
@@ -44,7 +40,6 @@
         </div>
       </xsl:if>
       <ul>
-        <xsl:comment>added to prevent self-closing tags in QtXmlPatterns</xsl:comment>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="outline:item"/>
       </ul>
     </li>
