diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactory.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactory.java
index 3e4461d1..fea5d38f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactory.java
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ public class XmlFactory
     /**********************************************************************
      */
 
-    // !!! 09-Jan-2018, tatu: make final ASAP
-    protected String _cfgNameForTextElement;
+    protected final String _cfgNameForTextElement;
 
     protected final XmlNameProcessor _nameProcessor;
 
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ public XmlFactory(XMLInputFactory xmlIn) {
     public XmlFactory(XMLInputFactory xmlIn, XMLOutputFactory xmlOut) {
         this(DEFAULT_XML_READ_FEATURE_FLAGS, DEFAULT_XML_WRITE_FEATURE_FLAGS,
                 xmlIn, xmlOut, XmlNameProcessors.newPassthroughProcessor(),
-                null);
+                FromXmlParser.DEFAULT_UNNAMED_TEXT_PROPERTY);
     }
 
     protected XmlFactory(int xpFeatures, int xgFeatures,
@@ -435,15 +434,11 @@ public FromXmlParser createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt,
         }
 
         // false -> not managed
-        FromXmlParser xp = new FromXmlParser(readCtxt,
+        return new FromXmlParser(readCtxt,
                 _createContext(_createContentReference(sr), false),
                 readCtxt.getStreamReadFeatures(_streamReadFeatures),
                 readCtxt.getFormatReadFeatures(_formatReadFeatures),
-                sr, _nameProcessor);
-        if (_cfgNameForTextElement != null) {
-            xp.setXMLTextElementName(_cfgNameForTextElement);
-        }
-        return xp;
+                sr, _nameProcessor, _cfgNameForTextElement);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -480,14 +475,10 @@ protected FromXmlParser _createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt, IOContext ioCt
             return StaxUtil.throwAsReadException(e, null);
         }
         sr = _initializeXmlReader(sr);
-        FromXmlParser xp = new FromXmlParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
+        return new FromXmlParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
                 readCtxt.getStreamReadFeatures(_streamReadFeatures),
                 readCtxt.getFormatReadFeatures(_formatReadFeatures),
-                sr, _nameProcessor);
-        if (_cfgNameForTextElement != null) {
-            xp.setXMLTextElementName(_cfgNameForTextElement);
-        }
-        return xp;
+                sr, _nameProcessor, _cfgNameForTextElement);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -501,14 +492,10 @@ protected FromXmlParser _createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt, IOContext ioCt
             return StaxUtil.throwAsReadException(e, null);
         }
         sr = _initializeXmlReader(sr);
-        FromXmlParser xp = new FromXmlParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
+        return new FromXmlParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
                 readCtxt.getStreamReadFeatures(_streamReadFeatures),
                 readCtxt.getFormatReadFeatures(_formatReadFeatures),
-                sr, _nameProcessor);
-        if (_cfgNameForTextElement != null) {
-            xp.setXMLTextElementName(_cfgNameForTextElement);
-        }
-        return xp;
+                sr, _nameProcessor, _cfgNameForTextElement);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -531,14 +518,10 @@ protected FromXmlParser _createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt, IOContext ioCt
             return StaxUtil.throwAsReadException(e, null);
         }
         sr = _initializeXmlReader(sr);
-        FromXmlParser xp = new FromXmlParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
+        return new FromXmlParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
                 readCtxt.getStreamReadFeatures(_streamReadFeatures),
                 readCtxt.getFormatReadFeatures(_formatReadFeatures),
-                sr, _nameProcessor);
-        if (_cfgNameForTextElement != null) {
-            xp.setXMLTextElementName(_cfgNameForTextElement);
-        }
-        return xp;
+                sr, _nameProcessor, _cfgNameForTextElement);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -558,14 +541,10 @@ protected FromXmlParser _createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt, IOContext ioCt
             return StaxUtil.throwAsReadException(e, null);
         }
         sr = _initializeXmlReader(sr);
-        FromXmlParser xp = new FromXmlParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
+        return new FromXmlParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
                 readCtxt.getStreamReadFeatures(_streamReadFeatures),
                 readCtxt.getFormatReadFeatures(_formatReadFeatures),
-                sr, _nameProcessor);
-        if (_cfgNameForTextElement != null) {
-            xp.setXMLTextElementName(_cfgNameForTextElement);
-        }
-        return xp;
+                sr, _nameProcessor, _cfgNameForTextElement);
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactoryBuilder.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactoryBuilder.java
index c2288e26..41afa5fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/XmlFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import tools.jackson.core.StreamReadConstraints;
 import tools.jackson.core.StreamWriteConstraints;
 import tools.jackson.core.base.DecorableTSFactory.DecorableTSFBuilder;
+import tools.jackson.dataformat.xml.deser.FromXmlParser;
 
 /**
  * {@link tools.jackson.core.TSFBuilder}
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ public class XmlFactoryBuilder extends DecorableTSFBuilder<XmlFactory, XmlFactor
      *<p>
      * Name used for pseudo-property used for returning XML Text value (which does
      * not have actual element name to use). Defaults to empty String, but
-     * may be changed for interoperability reasons: JAXB, for example, uses
+     * may be changed for inter-operability reasons: JAXB, for example, uses
      * "value" as name.
      */
     protected String _nameForTextElement;
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ protected XmlFactoryBuilder() {
                 XmlFactory.DEFAULT_XML_WRITE_FEATURE_FLAGS);
         _classLoaderForStax = null;
         _nameProcessor = XmlNameProcessors.newPassthroughProcessor();
+        _nameForTextElement = FromXmlParser.DEFAULT_UNNAMED_TEXT_PROPERTY;
     }
 
     public XmlFactoryBuilder(XmlFactory base) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
index 9d31bf12..eb2bdf9c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/xml/deser/FromXmlParser.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class FromXmlParser
      * may be changed for inter-operability reasons: JAXB, for example, uses
      * "value" as name.
      */
-    protected String _cfgNameForTextElement = DEFAULT_UNNAMED_TEXT_PROPERTY;
+    protected final String _cfgNameForTextElement;
 
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class FromXmlParser
      * {@link XmlReadFeature}s
      * are enabled.
      */
-    protected int _formatFeatures;
+    protected final int _formatFeatures;
 
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
@@ -158,13 +158,15 @@ public class FromXmlParser
     public FromXmlParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt, IOContext ioCtxt,
             int parserFeatures, int xmlFeatures,
             XMLStreamReader xmlReader,
-            XmlNameProcessor nameProcessor)
+            XmlNameProcessor nameProcessor,
+            String nameForTextElement)
     {
         super(readCtxt, ioCtxt, parserFeatures);
         _formatFeatures = xmlFeatures;
         _streamReadContext = XmlReadContext.createRootContext(-1, -1);
         _xmlTokens = new XmlTokenStream(xmlReader, ioCtxt.contentReference(),
                     _formatFeatures, nameProcessor);
+        _cfgNameForTextElement = nameForTextElement;
 
         final int firstToken;
         try {
@@ -208,10 +210,6 @@ public Version version() {
         return PackageVersion.VERSION;
     }
 
-    public void setXMLTextElementName(String name) {
-        _cfgNameForTextElement = name;
-    }
-
     @Override // since 3.0
     public XMLStreamReader2 streamReadInputSource() {
         return _xmlTokens.getXmlReader();