diff --git a/common/common-lang/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/util/convert/NumberConverter.java b/common/common-lang/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/util/convert/NumberConverter.java
index f84c3477..13c7e322 100755
--- a/common/common-lang/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/util/convert/NumberConverter.java
+++ b/common/common-lang/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/util/convert/NumberConverter.java
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ public class NumberConverter implements PropertyConverter {
 	    
             if (pFormat == null) {
                 // Use system default format, using default locale
-//                format = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance();
                 format = sDefaultFormat;
             }
             else {
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ public class NumberConverter implements PropertyConverter {
         try {
             // Convert to string, default way
             if (StringUtil.isEmpty(pFormat)) {
-//                return NumberFormat.getNumberInstance().format(pObject);
                 return sDefaultFormat.format(pObject);
             }
 	    
@@ -196,13 +194,11 @@ public class NumberConverter implements PropertyConverter {
                     return null;
                 }
 
-
                 // ...and store in cache
                 sFormats.put(key, format);
             }
 
             return format;
         }
-	
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/common-lang/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/lang/BeanUtilTestCase.java b/common/common-lang/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/lang/BeanUtilTestCase.java
index f66223ab..2b567ed6 100755
--- a/common/common-lang/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/lang/BeanUtilTestCase.java
+++ b/common/common-lang/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/lang/BeanUtilTestCase.java
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ package com.twelvemonkeys.lang;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * BeanUtilTestCase
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ public class BeanUtilTestCase extends TestCase {
 
         map.put("stringValue", 1);
         map.put("intValue", "2");
-        map.put("doubleValue", NumberFormat.getNumberInstance().format(0.3)); // Note, format is locale specific...
+        map.put("doubleValue", ".3");
 
         try {
             BeanUtil.configure(bean, map);
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ public class BeanUtilTestCase extends TestCase {
 
         assertEquals("1", bean.getStringValue());
         assertEquals(2, bean.getIntValue());
-        assertEquals(.3, bean.getDoubleValue());
+        assertEquals(0.3, bean.getDoubleValue());
     }
 
     public void testConfigureAmbigious1() {