diff --git a/libraries/legacy/form/field/componentlayout.php b/libraries/legacy/form/field/componentlayout.php
index 70ac4a0b63c89..cddf57f7113ae 100644
--- a/libraries/legacy/form/field/componentlayout.php
+++ b/libraries/legacy/form/field/componentlayout.php
@@ -179,20 +179,10 @@ protected function getInput()
 					// Add the layout options from the template path.
 					if (is_dir($template_path) && ($files = JFolder::files($template_path, '^[^_]*\.php$', false, true)))
 					{
-						// Files with corresponding XML files are alternate menu items, not alternate layout files
-						// so we need to exclude these files from the list.
-						$xml_files = JFolder::files($template_path, '^[^_]*\.xml$', false, true);
-
-						for ($j = 0, $count = count($xml_files); $j < $count; $j++)
-						{
-							$xml_files[$j] = basename($xml_files[$j], '.xml');
-						}
-
 						foreach ($files as $i => $file)
 						{
-							// Remove layout files that exist in the component folder or that have XML files
-							if (in_array(basename($file, '.php'), $component_layouts)
-								|| in_array(basename($file, '.php'), $xml_files))
+							// Remove layout files that exist in the component folder
+							if (in_array(basename($file, '.php'), $component_layouts))
 							{
 								unset($files[$i]);
 							}