diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/BaseCycloneDxMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/BaseCycloneDxMojo.java
index 0b180474..2797e243 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/BaseCycloneDxMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/maven/BaseCycloneDxMojo.java
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ private void saveBom(Bom bom) throws ParserConfigurationException, IOException,
             MojoExecutionException {
         if ("all".equalsIgnoreCase(outputFormat) || "xml".equalsIgnoreCase(outputFormat)) {
             final BomXmlGenerator bomGenerator = BomGeneratorFactory.createXml(schemaVersion(), bom);
-            bomGenerator.generate();
+            //bomGenerator.generate();
 
             final String bomString = bomGenerator.toXmlString();
             saveBomToFile(bomString, "xml", new XmlParser());