diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/stax2/ri/typed/ValueDecoderFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/stax2/ri/typed/ValueDecoderFactory.java
index 544c1c8..88e7fba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/stax2/ri/typed/ValueDecoderFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/stax2/ri/typed/ValueDecoderFactory.java
@@ -1074,12 +1074,7 @@ public void decode(char[] lexical, int start, int end) throws IllegalArgumentExc
         {
             int len = end-start;
             try {
-                /* !!! 21-Nov-2008, TSa: This constructor was added in JDK1.5
-                 *   so can't yet be used (As of Woodstox 4.x).
-                 *   Need to use the older constructor for now
-                 */
-                //mValue = new BigDecimal(lexical, start, len);
-                mValue = new BigDecimal(new String(lexical, start, len));
+                mValue = new BigDecimal(lexical, start, len);
             } catch (NumberFormatException nex) {
                 throw constructInvalidValue(new String(lexical, start, len));
             }