diff --git a/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/extract-relations.xsl b/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/extract-relations.xsl
index 6d5099e171a..96a6bf0c0cc 100644
--- a/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/extract-relations.xsl
+++ b/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/extract-relations.xsl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
                 xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco"
                 xmlns:gmx="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmx"
                 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
-                xmlns:util="java:org.fao.geonet.util.XslUtil"
+                xmlns:digestUtils="java:org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils"
                 xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common"
                 xmlns:gn-fn-rel="http://geonetwork-opensource.org/xsl/functions/relations"
                 version="2.0"
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
               <xsl:value-of select="position()"/>
             </idx>
             <hash>
-              <xsl:value-of select="util:md5HexIgnoreWhiteSpaces(string(exslt:node-set(.)))"/>
+              <xsl:value-of select="digestUtils:md5Hex(string(exslt:node-set(normalize-space(.))))"/>
             </hash>
             <url>
               <xsl:apply-templates mode="get-iso19139-localized-string"
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
                 <xsl:value-of select="position()"/>
               </idx>
               <hash>
-                <xsl:value-of select="util:md5HexIgnoreWhiteSpaces(string(exslt:node-set(.)))"/>
+                <xsl:value-of select="digestUtils:md5Hex(string(exslt:node-set(normalize-space(.))))"/>
               </hash>
               <title>
                 <xsl:apply-templates mode="get-iso19139-localized-string"
diff --git a/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/index-fields/index.xsl b/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/index-fields/index.xsl
index e885ed65eef..93c5038a705 100644
--- a/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/index-fields/index.xsl
+++ b/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/index-fields/index.xsl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
                 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
                 xmlns:gn-fn-index="http://geonetwork-opensource.org/xsl/functions/index"
                 xmlns:index="java:org.fao.geonet.kernel.search.EsSearchManager"
-                xmlns:util="java:org.fao.geonet.util.XslUtil"
+                xmlns:digestUtils="java:org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils"
                 xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common"
                 xmlns:date-util="java:org.fao.geonet.utils.DateUtil"
                 xmlns:daobs="http://daobs.org"
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@
             <atomfeed><xsl:value-of select="gmd:linkage/gmd:URL"/></atomfeed>
           </xsl:if>
           <link type="object">{
-            "hash": "<xsl:value-of select="util:md5HexIgnoreWhiteSpaces(string(exslt:node-set(.)))"/>",
+            "hash": "<xsl:value-of select="digestUtils:md5Hex(string(exslt:node-set(normalize-space(.))))"/>",
             "idx": <xsl:value-of select="position()"/>,
             "protocol":"<xsl:value-of select="util:escapeForJson((gmd:protocol/*/text())[1])"/>",
             "mimeType":"<xsl:value-of select="if (*/gmx:MimeFileType)
diff --git a/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/process/onlinesrc-add.xsl b/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/process/onlinesrc-add.xsl
index 2463f327f97..ddf0ad7bc50 100644
--- a/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/process/onlinesrc-add.xsl
+++ b/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/process/onlinesrc-add.xsl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Note: It assumes that it will be adding new items in
                 xmlns:gmx="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmx"
                 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                 xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
-                xmlns:util="java:org.fao.geonet.util.XslUtil"
+                xmlns:digestUtils="java:org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils"
                 xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common"
                 exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
                 version="2.0">
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Note: It assumes that it will be adding new items in
                           gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:linkage/gmd:URL,
                           gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:protocol/*,
                           gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:name/gco:CharacterString)))
-                     and ($resourceHash = '' or util:md5HexIgnoreWhiteSpaces(string(exslt:node-set(.))) = $resourceHash)]"
+                     and ($resourceHash = '' or digestUtils:md5Hex(string(exslt:node-set(normalize-space(.)))) = $resourceHash)]"
     priority="2">
     <xsl:call-template name="createOnlineSrc"/>
   </xsl:template>
diff --git a/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/process/onlinesrc-remove.xsl b/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/process/onlinesrc-remove.xsl
index e91d90e3fe6..66ce59c5310 100644
--- a/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/process/onlinesrc-remove.xsl
+++ b/schemas/iso19139/src/main/plugin/iso19139/process/onlinesrc-remove.xsl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Stylesheet used to remove a reference to a online resource.
                 xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco"
                 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                 xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
-                xmlns:util="java:org.fao.geonet.util.XslUtil"
+                xmlns:digestUtils="java:org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils"
                 xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common"
                 exclude-result-prefixes="#all"
                 version="2.0">
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Stylesheet used to remove a reference to a online resource.
                                                                 or normalize-space(gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:linkage/gmd:URL) = $url and count(gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:name/gmd:PT_FreeText/gmd:textGroup[gmd:LocalisedCharacterString = $name]) > 0
                                                                 or normalize-space(gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:linkage/gmd:URL) = $url and normalize-space(gmd:CI_OnlineResource/gmd:protocol/*) = 'WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download'))
                         )
-                        and ($resourceHash = '' or util:md5HexIgnoreWhiteSpaces(string(exslt:node-set(.))) = $resourceHash)]"
+                        and ($resourceHash = '' or digestUtils:md5Hex(string(exslt:node-set(normalize-space(.)))) = $resourceHash)]"
     priority="2"/>
 
   <!-- Do a copy of every node and attribute -->