diff --git a/include/xmloff/xmlnumfi.hxx b/include/xmloff/xmlnumfi.hxx
index c6a3159d796e..7cb3617fdb62 100644
--- a/include/xmloff/xmlnumfi.hxx
+++ b/include/xmloff/xmlnumfi.hxx
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ public:
 
     bool HasLongDoW() const                     { return m_bHasLongDoW; }
     void SetHasLongDoW(bool bSet)               { m_bHasLongDoW = bSet; }
+    bool IsAutoOrder() const                    { return m_bAutoOrder; }
     void SetHasTrailingEmptyText(bool bSet)     { m_bHasTrailingEmptyText = bSet; }
 
     void UpdateCalendar( const OUString& rNewCalendar );
diff --git a/xmloff/inc/XMLNumberStylesImport.hxx b/xmloff/inc/XMLNumberStylesImport.hxx
index 7ff731245da2..46d20fd7822b 100644
--- a/xmloff/inc/XMLNumberStylesImport.hxx
+++ b/xmloff/inc/XMLNumberStylesImport.hxx
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class SdXMLNumberFormatImportContext final : public SvXMLNumFormatContext
     friend class SdXMLNumberFormatMemberImportContext;
 
     bool    mbTimeStyle;
-    bool    mbAutomatic;
     DataStyleNumber mnElements[16];
     sal_Int16   mnIndex;
 
diff --git a/xmloff/source/draw/XMLNumberStyles.cxx b/xmloff/source/draw/XMLNumberStyles.cxx
index 5c5a0e63c584..fc245fc8c5c6 100644
--- a/xmloff/source/draw/XMLNumberStyles.cxx
+++ b/xmloff/source/draw/XMLNumberStyles.cxx
@@ -580,20 +580,11 @@ void SdXMLNumberFormatMemberImportContext::characters( const OUString& rChars )
 
 SdXMLNumberFormatImportContext::SdXMLNumberFormatImportContext( SdXMLImport& rImport, sal_Int32 nElement, SvXMLNumImpData* pNewData, SvXMLStylesTokens nNewType, const css::uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XFastAttributeList>& xAttrList, SvXMLStylesContext& rStyles)
 :   SvXMLNumFormatContext(rImport, nElement, pNewData, nNewType, xAttrList, rStyles),
-    mbAutomatic( false ),
     mnElements{},
     mnIndex(0),
     mnKey( -1 )
 {
     mbTimeStyle = (nElement & TOKEN_MASK) == XML_TIME_STYLE;
-
-    for (auto &aIter : sax_fastparser::castToFastAttributeList( xAttrList ))
-    {
-        if( aIter.getToken() == XML_ELEMENT(NUMBER, XML_AUTOMATIC_ORDER) )
-                mbAutomatic = IsXMLToken( aIter, XML_TRUE );
-        else
-            XMLOFF_WARN_UNKNOWN("xmloff", aIter);
-    }
 }
 
 SdXMLNumberFormatImportContext::~SdXMLNumberFormatImportContext()
@@ -623,7 +614,7 @@ void SdXMLNumberFormatImportContext::add( std::u16string_view rNumberStyle, bool
 
 bool SdXMLNumberFormatImportContext::compareStyle( const SdXMLFixedDataStyle* pStyle, sal_Int16& nIndex ) const
 {
-    if( (pStyle->mbAutomatic != mbAutomatic) && (nIndex == 0))
+    if( (pStyle->mbAutomatic != IsAutoOrder()) && (nIndex == 0))
         return false;
 
     sal_Int16 nCompareIndex;