diff --git a/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/src/main/java/org/deegree/rendering/r2d/SvgImageTranscoder.java b/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/src/main/java/org/deegree/rendering/r2d/SvgImageTranscoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90597c232c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/src/main/java/org/deegree/rendering/r2d/SvgImageTranscoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ This file is part of deegree, http://deegree.org/
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2010 by:
+ - Department of Geography, University of Bonn -
+ and
+ - lat/lon GmbH -
+ and
+ - grit graphische Informationstechnik Beratungsgesellschaft mbH -
+
+ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+ This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+ details.
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+ Contact information:
+
+ grit graphische Informationstechnik Beratungsgesellschaft mbH
+ Landwehrstr. 143, 59368 Werne
+ Germany
+ http://www.grit.de/
+
+ lat/lon GmbH
+ Aennchenstr. 19, 53177 Bonn
+ Germany
+ http://lat-lon.de/
+
+ Department of Geography, University of Bonn
+ Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve
+ Postfach 1147, 53001 Bonn
+ Germany
+ http://www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/deegree/
+
+ e-mail: info@deegree.org
+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.deegree.rendering.r2d;
+
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+
+import org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderException;
+import org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderOutput;
+import org.apache.batik.transcoder.image.ImageTranscoder;
+
+public class SvgImageTranscoder extends ImageTranscoder {
+
+    public class SvgImageOutput extends TranscoderOutput {
+
+        private BufferedImage image;
+
+        public SvgImageOutput() {
+        }
+
+        public BufferedImage getBufferedImage() {
+            return this.image;
+        }
+
+        public void setImage( BufferedImage image ) {
+            this.image = image;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public SvgImageTranscoder() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BufferedImage createImage( int w, int h ) {
+        return new BufferedImage( w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeImage( BufferedImage image, TranscoderOutput output )
+                            throws TranscoderException {
+        if ( !( output instanceof SvgImageOutput ) ) {
+            throw new TranscoderException( "TranscoderOutput has to be of type SvgImageOutput" );
+        }
+
+        ( (SvgImageOutput) output ).setImage( image );
+    }
+
+    public SvgImageOutput createOutput() {
+        return new SvgImageOutput();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/src/main/java/org/deegree/rendering/r2d/SvgRenderer.java b/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/src/main/java/org/deegree/rendering/r2d/SvgRenderer.java
index e5bd5586d7..395d2f2c97 100644
--- a/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/src/main/java/org/deegree/rendering/r2d/SvgRenderer.java
+++ b/deegree-core/deegree-core-rendering-2d/src/main/java/org/deegree/rendering/r2d/SvgRenderer.java
@@ -40,34 +40,22 @@ Occam Labs UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
 
 package org.deegree.rendering.r2d;
 
-import static javax.media.jai.JAI.create;
 import static org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.KEY_HEIGHT;
 import static org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.KEY_WIDTH;
-import static org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly;
 import static org.deegree.commons.utils.math.MathUtils.round;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import javax.media.jai.RenderedOp;
-
 import org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderException;
 import org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderInput;
-import org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderOutput;
-import org.apache.batik.transcoder.image.PNGTranscoder;
-import org.deegree.commons.utils.ComparablePair;
 import org.deegree.commons.utils.TunableParameter;
 import org.deegree.style.styling.components.Graphic;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-import com.sun.media.jai.codec.MemoryCacheSeekableStream;
 
 /**
  * Renders svg images onto buffered images.
@@ -95,7 +83,7 @@ BufferedImage prepareSvg( Rectangle2D.Double rect, Graphic g ) {
         if ( svgCache.containsKey( cacheKey ) ) {
             img = svgCache.get( cacheKey );
         } else {
-            PNGTranscoder t = new PNGTranscoder();
+            SvgImageTranscoder t = new SvgImageTranscoder();
 
             if ( rect.width > 0.0d ) {
                 t.addTranscodingHint( KEY_WIDTH, new Float( rect.width ) );
@@ -105,28 +93,14 @@ BufferedImage prepareSvg( Rectangle2D.Double rect, Graphic g ) {
             }
 
             TranscoderInput input = new TranscoderInput( g.imageURL );
-
-            // TODO improve performance by writing a custom transcoder output directly rendering on an image, or
-            // even on the target graphics
-            ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-            TranscoderOutput output = new TranscoderOutput( out );
-            InputStream in = null;
+            SvgImageTranscoder.SvgImageOutput output = t.createOutput();
 
             try {
                 t.transcode( input, output );
-                out.flush();
-                in = new ByteArrayInputStream( out.toByteArray() );
-                MemoryCacheSeekableStream mcss = new MemoryCacheSeekableStream( in );
-                RenderedOp rop = create( "stream", mcss );
-                img = rop.getAsBufferedImage();
+                img = output.getBufferedImage();
                 svgCache.put( cacheKey, img );
             } catch ( TranscoderException e ) {
                 LOG.warn( "Could not rasterize svg '{}': {}", g.imageURL, e.getLocalizedMessage() );
-            } catch ( IOException e ) {
-                LOG.warn( "Could not rasterize svg '{}': {}", g.imageURL, e.getLocalizedMessage() );
-            } finally {
-                closeQuietly( out );
-                closeQuietly( in );
             }
         }
         return img;