diff --git a/expat/lib/expat_external.h b/expat/lib/expat_external.h
--- a/expat/lib/expat_external.h
+++ b/expat/lib/expat_external.h
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #    endif
 #  endif
 
+/* BEGIN MOZILLA CHANGE (typedef XML_Char to char16_t) */
+#if 0
+
 #  ifdef XML_UNICODE /* Information is UTF-16 encoded. */
 #    ifdef XML_UNICODE_WCHAR_T
 typedef wchar_t XML_Char;
@@ -151,6 +154,9 @@ typedef char XML_Char;
 typedef char XML_LChar;
 #  endif   /* XML_UNICODE */
 
+#endif
+/* END MOZILLA CHANGE */
+
 #  ifdef XML_LARGE_SIZE /* Use large integers for file/stream positions. */
 typedef long long XML_Index;
 typedef unsigned long long XML_Size;
diff --git a/expat/lib/xmlparse.c b/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
--- a/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
+++ b/expat/lib/xmlparse.c
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ typedef char ICHAR;
 
 #endif
 
+/* BEGIN MOZILLA CHANGE (typedef XML_Char to char16_t) */
+#if 0
+
 #ifdef XML_UNICODE
 
 #  ifdef XML_UNICODE_WCHAR_T
@@ -211,6 +214,9 @@ typedef char ICHAR;
 
 #endif
 
+#endif
+/* END MOZILLA CHANGE */
+
 #ifdef XML_LARGE_SIZE
 #  define XML_INDEX_MAX LLONG_MAX
 #else