diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9650ceec9f..c6a8e3d72f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5176.	[tests]		Remove a dependency on libxml in statschannel system
+			test. [GL #926]
+
 5175.	[bug]		Fixed a problem with file input in dnssec-keymgr,
 			dnssec-coverage and dnssec-checkds when using
 			python3. [GL #882]
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@
 			- Zone signing and DNSKEY maintenance events are
 			  now logged to the "dnssec" category
 			- Messages are now logged when DNSSEC keys are
-			  pubished, activated, inactivated, deleted,
+			  published, activated, inactivated, deleted,
 			  or revoked.
 			[GL #714]
 
@@ -298,8 +301,8 @@
 5091.	[func]		Two new global and per-view options min-cache-ttl
 			and min-ncache-ttl [GL #613]
 
-5090.	[bug]		dig and mdig failed to properly preparse dash value
-			pairs when value was a seperate argument and started
+5090.	[bug]		dig and mdig failed to properly pre-parse dash value
+			pairs when value was a separate argument and started
 			with a dash. [GL #584]
 
 5089.	[bug]		Restore localhost fallback in dig and host which is
@@ -365,7 +368,7 @@
 5072.	[bug]		Add unit tests for isc_buffer_copyregion() and fix its
 			behavior for auto-reallocated buffers. [GL #644]
 
-5071.	[bug]		Comparision of NXT records was broken. [GL #631]
+5071.	[bug]		Comparison of NXT records was broken. [GL #631]
 
 5070.	[bug]		Record types which support a empty rdata field were
 			not handling the empty rdata field case. [GL #638]
@@ -384,7 +387,7 @@
 
 5065.	[bug]		Only set IPV6_USE_MIN_MTU on IPv6. [GL #553]
 
-5064.	[test]		Initalize TZ environment variable before calling
+5064.	[test]		Initialize TZ environment variable before calling
 			dns_test_begin in dnstap_test. [GL #624]
 
 5063.	[test]		In statschannel test try a few times before failing
@@ -610,7 +613,7 @@
 5001.	[bug]		Fix refcount errors on error paths. [GL !563]
 
 5000.	[bug]		named_server_servestale() could leave the server in
-			exclusive mode if an error occured. [GL #441]
+			exclusive mode if an error occurred. [GL #441]
 
 4999.	[cleanup]	Remove custom printf implementation in lib/isc/print.c.
 			[GL #261]
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
index 550a758ec6..2883b2419a 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
@@ -204,13 +204,15 @@ for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do
 	if [ "$HAVEXMLSTATS" ];
 	then
 		URL=http://10.53.0.2:${EXTRAPORT1}/xml/v3/server
+		filter_str='s#<current-time>.*</current-time>##g'
 	else
 		URL=http://10.53.0.2:${EXTRAPORT1}/json/v1/server
+		filter_str='s#"current-time.*",##g'
 	fi
 	$CURL -D regular.headers $URL 2>/dev/null | \
-		sed -e "s#<current-time>.*</current-time>##g" > regular.out
+		sed -e "$filter_str" > regular.out
 	$CURL -D compressed.headers --compressed $URL 2>/dev/null | \
-		sed -e "s#<current-time>.*</current-time>##g" > compressed.out
+		sed -e "$filter_str" > compressed.out
 	diff regular.out compressed.out >/dev/null || ret=1
 	if [ $ret != 0 ]; then
 		echo_i "failed on try $i, probably a timing issue, trying again"