---
title: "Deprecation: #24387 - TypoScript option config.xhtmlDoctype=xhtml_2"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-24387"
source: "Changelog/7.1/Deprecation-24387-Xhtml2.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #24387 - TypoScript option config.xhtmlDoctype=xhtml_2

See [forge#24387](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/24387)

## Description

The TypoScript option `config.xhtmlDoctype = xhtml_2` is marked for removal in CMS 8, due to the W3C decision to
fully work on HTML5 instead of XHTML2. See [http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/](http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/) and [http://www.w3.org/News/2010.html#entry-8982](http://www.w3.org/News/2010.html#entry-8982)
for more details.

## Affected installations

Any TYPO3 installation with TypoScript that relies on `config.xhtmlDoctype = xhtml_2`.

## Migration

Use other doctypes like html5 to render the frontend of the TYPO3 site.