--- runtime/src/com/sun/xml/bind/DatatypeConverterImpl.java.orig	2010-04-12 13:50:16.000000000 -0400
+++ runtime/src/com/sun/xml/bind/DatatypeConverterImpl.java	2010-04-12 13:49:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ public final class DatatypeConverterImpl
     }
 
     public static String _printDecimal(BigDecimal val) {
-        return val.toString();
+        return val.toPlainString();
     }
 
     public String printDouble(double v) {