diff --git a/cyclonedx/model/tool.py b/cyclonedx/model/tool.py
index bb639bbe..4b056519 100644
--- a/cyclonedx/model/tool.py
+++ b/cyclonedx/model/tool.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 from sortedcontainers import SortedSet
 
 from .._internal.compare import ComparableTuple as _ComparableTuple
-from ..exception.serialization import CycloneDxDeserializationException
 from ..schema import SchemaVersion
 from ..schema.schema import SchemaVersion1Dot4, SchemaVersion1Dot5, SchemaVersion1Dot6
 from . import ExternalReference, HashType, _HashTypeRepositorySerializationHelper
@@ -308,7 +307,8 @@ def json_denormalize(cls, o: Union[List[Dict[str, Any]], Dict[str, Any]],
             services = map(lambda s: Service.from_json(  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
                 s), o.get('services', ()))
         elif isinstance(o, Iterable):
-            tools = map(lambda t: Tool.from_json(t), o)  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
+            tools = map(lambda t: Tool.from_json(  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
+                t), o)
         return ToolRepository(components=components, services=services, tools=tools)
 
     @classmethod
@@ -349,23 +349,19 @@ def xml_denormalize(cls, o: Element, *,
                         prop_info: 'ObjectMetadataLibrary.SerializableProperty',
                         ctx: Type[Any],
                         **kwargs: Any) -> ToolRepository:
-        tools = []
+        ns_map = {'bom': default_ns or ''}
+        # Do not iterate over `o` and do not check for expected `.tag` of items.
+        # This check could have been done by schema validators before even deserializing.
+        tools = None
         components = None
         services = None
-        for e in o:
-            tag = e.tag if default_ns is None else e.tag.replace(f'{{{default_ns}}}', '')
-            if tag == 'tool':
-                tools.append(Tool.from_xml(  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
-                    e, default_ns))
-            elif tag == 'components':
-                components = map(lambda s: Component.from_xml(  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
-                    s, default_ns), e)
-            elif tag == 'services':
-                services = map(lambda s: Service.from_xml(  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
-                    s, default_ns), e)
-            else:
-                raise CycloneDxDeserializationException(f'unexpected: {e!r}')
-        return ToolRepository(
-            tools=tools,
-            components=components,
-            services=services)
+        ts = o.findall('bom:tool', ns_map)
+        if len(ts) > 0:
+            tools = map(lambda t: Tool.from_xml(  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
+                t, default_ns), ts)
+        else:
+            components = map(lambda c: Component.from_xml(  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
+                c, default_ns), o.iterfind('./bom:components/bom:component', ns_map))
+            services = map(lambda s: Service.from_xml(  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
+                s, default_ns), o.iterfind('./bom:services/bom:service', ns_map))
+        return ToolRepository(components=components, services=services, tools=tools)
diff --git a/tests/_data/own/xml/1.5/invalid-tool.xml b/tests/_data/own/xml/1.5/invalid-tool.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f57259b9..00000000
--- a/tests/_data/own/xml/1.5/invalid-tool.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" ?>
-<bom xmlns="http://cyclonedx.org/schema/bom/1.5">
-    <metadata>
-        <tools>
-            <foo />
-        </tools>
-    </metadata>
-</bom>
diff --git a/tests/test_deserialize_xml.py b/tests/test_deserialize_xml.py
index 5ebbc64d..26cc34ec 100644
--- a/tests/test_deserialize_xml.py
+++ b/tests/test_deserialize_xml.py
@@ -14,17 +14,16 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # Copyright (c) OWASP Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
-from os.path import join
+
 from typing import Any, Callable
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from ddt import ddt, named_data
 
-from cyclonedx.exception.serialization import CycloneDxDeserializationException
 from cyclonedx.model.bom import Bom
 from cyclonedx.schema import OutputFormat, SchemaVersion
-from tests import OWN_DATA_DIRECTORY, DeepCompareMixin, SnapshotMixin, mksname
+from tests import DeepCompareMixin, SnapshotMixin, mksname
 from tests._data.models import (
     all_get_bom_funct_valid_immut,
     all_get_bom_funct_valid_reversible_migrate,
@@ -46,9 +45,3 @@ def test_prepared(self, get_bom: Callable[[], Bom], *_: Any, **__: Any) -> None:
             bom = Bom.from_xml(s)
         self.assertBomDeepEqual(expected, bom,
                                 fuzzy_deps=get_bom in all_get_bom_funct_with_incomplete_deps)
-
-    def test_unexpected_toolrepository_item(self) -> None:
-        with open(join(OWN_DATA_DIRECTORY, 'xml', '1.5', 'invalid-tool.xml')) as input_xml:
-            with self.assertRaisesRegex(CycloneDxDeserializationException,
-                                        r"^unexpected: <Element '{.+?}foo' at 0x[0-9a-fA-F]+>$"):
-                Bom.from_xml(input_xml)