diff --git a/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py b/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
index 5b52e3a706..7bad910941 100644
--- a/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
@@ -1543,8 +1543,7 @@ def main(argv):
             SXPPrettyPrint.prettyprint(config)
 
         if opts.vals.xmldryrun and serverType == SERVER_XEN_API:
-            from xml.dom.ext import PrettyPrint as XMLPrettyPrint
-            XMLPrettyPrint(doc)
+            print doc.toprettyxml()
 
     if opts.vals.dryrun or opts.vals.xmldryrun:
         return