diff --git a/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty b/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty
index 309459f..648b95f 100644
--- a/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty
+++ b/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@
   \end{minipage}\end{Sbox}\doublebox{\TheSbox}%
 }
 
-% For DocBook literallayout elements, see `./dblatex/dblatex-readme.txt`.
-\usepackage{alltt}
 % To preserve simple quotes in the blocs of code
 \usepackage{upquote}
diff --git a/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl b/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl
index 3df2d2e..b1980da 100644
--- a/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl
+++ b/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ See dblatex(1) -p option.
   <xsl:param name="table.in.float">0</xsl:param>
   <xsl:param name="monoseq.hyphenation">0</xsl:param>
   <xsl:param name="latex.output.revhistory">1</xsl:param>
+  <xsl:param name="literal.class">normal</xsl:param>
 
   <!-- This doesn't work, don't know why, see:
   http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/html/manual/apas03.html
@@ -41,17 +42,6 @@ figure,table,equation,example
   -->
   <xsl:param name="doc.toc.show">1</xsl:param>
 
-  <!--
-    Override default literallayout template.
-    See `./dblatex/dblatex-readme.txt`.
-  -->
-  <xsl:template match="address|literallayout[@class!='monospaced']">
-    <xsl:text>\begin{alltt}</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;\normalfont{}&#10;</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:apply-templates/>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;\end{alltt}</xsl:text>
-  </xsl:template>
-
   <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('asciidoc-pagebreak')">
     <!-- force hard pagebreak, varies from 0(low) to 4(high) -->
     <xsl:text>\pagebreak[4] </xsl:text>
diff --git a/dblatex/dblatex-readme.txt b/dblatex/dblatex-readme.txt
index 39bb437..94cd0df 100644
--- a/dblatex/dblatex-readme.txt
+++ b/dblatex/dblatex-readme.txt
@@ -20,19 +20,6 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 Observed in dblatex 0.2.8.
 
-- dblatex doesn't seem to process the DocBook 'literallayout' element
-  correctly: it is rendered in a monospaced font and no inline
-  elements are processed. By default the normal font should be used
-  and almost all DocBook inline elements should be processed
-  (http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/literallayout.html).  I almost
-  fixed this by overriding the default dblatex literallayout template
-  (in `./dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl`) and using the LaTeX 'alltt'
-  package, but there are remaining problems:
-
-  * Blank lines are replaced by a single space.
-  * The 'literallayout' element incorrectly wraps text when rendered
-    inside a table.
-
 - Callouts do not work inside DocBook 'literallayout' elements which
   means callouts are not displayed inside AsciiDoc literal blocks.  A
   workaround is to change the AsciiDoc literal block to a listing
diff --git a/docbook45.conf b/docbook45.conf
index a61c2e9..fbba2cc 100644
--- a/docbook45.conf
+++ b/docbook45.conf
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ template::[quote-close]
 
 [verseblock]
 template::[quote-open]
-<literallayout>|</literallayout>
+<literallayout class="normal">|</literallayout>
 template::[quote-close]
 
 [quoteparagraph]
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ paragraph=<simpara><emphasis role="strong">|</emphasis></simpara>
 paragraph=<simpara><literal>|</literal></simpara>
 
 [tabletags-verse]
-bodydata=<entry align="{halign}" valign="{valign}"{colspan@1:: namest="col_{colstart}" nameend="col_{colend}"}{morerows@0:: morerows="{morerows}"}><literallayout>|</literallayout></entry>
+bodydata=<entry align="{halign}" valign="{valign}"{colspan@1:: namest="col_{colstart}" nameend="col_{colend}"}{morerows@0:: morerows="{morerows}"}><literallayout class="normal">|</literallayout></entry>
 paragraph=
 
 [tabletags-literal]