diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs
index fd1556eb34..c359653cbc 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs
@@ -338,8 +338,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
             // Application Extension: XMP Profile.
             if (xmpProfile != null)
             {
-                xmpProfile.UpdateData();
-                var xmpExtension = new GifXmpApplicationExtension(xmpProfile.Data);
+                var xmpExtension = new GifXmpApplicationExtension(xmpProfile.ToByteArray());
                 this.WriteExtension(xmpExtension, stream);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/Sections/GifXmpApplicationExtension.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/Sections/GifXmpApplicationExtension.cs
index c41ec5894a..236508fe99 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/Sections/GifXmpApplicationExtension.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/Sections/GifXmpApplicationExtension.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
 {
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/JpegEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/JpegEncoderCore.cs
index e90c6473ed..b1125c8e4f 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/JpegEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/JpegEncoderCore.cs
@@ -485,8 +485,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg
             const int Max = 65533;
             const int MaxData = Max - XmpOverheadLength;
 
-            xmpProfile.UpdateData();
-            byte[] data = xmpProfile.Data;
+            byte[] data = xmpProfile.ToByteArray();
 
             if (data is null || data.Length == 0)
             {
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderCore.cs
index 80c81fda21..3bb63a24be 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngEncoderCore.cs
@@ -673,8 +673,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
                 return;
             }
 
-            meta.XmpProfile.UpdateData();
-            var xmpData = meta.XmpProfile.Data;
+            var xmpData = meta.XmpProfile.ToByteArray();
 
             if (xmpData.Length == 0)
             {
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderEntriesCollector.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderEntriesCollector.cs
index c5fe395a09..8be029788a 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderEntriesCollector.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderEntriesCollector.cs
@@ -202,10 +202,9 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff
 
                 if (xmpProfile != null)
                 {
-                    xmpProfile.UpdateData();
                     var xmp = new ExifByteArray(ExifTagValue.XMP, ExifDataType.Byte)
                     {
-                        Value = xmpProfile.Data
+                        Value = xmpProfile.ToByteArray()
                     };
 
                     this.Collector.Add(xmp);
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8BitWriter.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8BitWriter.cs
index 4e91bedb0b..26942472fb 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8BitWriter.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8BitWriter.cs
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp.BitWriter
             {
                 isVp8X = true;
                 riffSize += ExtendedFileChunkSize;
-                xmpBytes = xmpProfile.Data;
+                xmpBytes = xmpProfile.ToByteArray();
                 riffSize += this.MetadataChunkSize(xmpBytes);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8LBitWriter.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8LBitWriter.cs
index d41224f908..d4d4f196c2 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8LBitWriter.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Webp/BitWriter/Vp8LBitWriter.cs
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Webp.BitWriter
             {
                 isVp8X = true;
                 riffSize += ExtendedFileChunkSize;
-                xmpBytes = xmpProfile.Data;
+                xmpBytes = xmpProfile.ToByteArray();
                 riffSize += this.MetadataChunkSize(xmpBytes);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Metadata/Profiles/XMP/XmpProfile.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Metadata/Profiles/XMP/XmpProfile.cs
index 7261b45213..144d937740 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Metadata/Profiles/XMP/XmpProfile.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Metadata/Profiles/XMP/XmpProfile.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class XmpProfile : IDeepCloneable<XmpProfile>
     {
-        private XDocument document;
+        private byte[] data;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="XmpProfile"/> class.
@@ -29,17 +28,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="XmpProfile"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="data">The UTF8 encoded byte array to read the XMP profile from.</param>
-        public XmpProfile(byte[] data) => this.Data = data;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="XmpProfile"/> class, based on the speicief <see cref="XDocument"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="doc">The document to base this instance on.</param>
-        public XmpProfile(XDocument doc)
-        {
-            this.document = doc;
-            this.UpdateData();
-        }
+        public XmpProfile(byte[] data) => this.data = data;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="XmpProfile"/> class
@@ -50,150 +39,48 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
         {
             Guard.NotNull(other, nameof(other));
 
-            if (other.Data != null)
-            {
-                this.Data = new byte[other.Data.Length];
-                other.Data.AsSpan().CopyTo(this.Data);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the rax XML document containing the XMP profile.
-        /// </summary>
-        public XDocument Document
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                this.InitializeDocument();
-                return this.document;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the byte data of the XMP profile.
-        /// </summary>
-        public byte[] Data { get; private set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Checks whether two <see cref="XmpProfile"/> structures are equal.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="left">The left hand <see cref="XmpProfile"/> operand.</param>
-        /// <param name="right">The right hand <see cref="XmpProfile"/> operand.</param>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// True if the <paramref name="left"/> parameter is equal to the <paramref name="right"/> parameter;
-        /// otherwise, false.
-        /// </returns>
-        public static bool operator ==(XmpProfile left, XmpProfile right)
-        {
-            if (ReferenceEquals(left, right))
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            if (left is null)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return left.Equals(right);
+            this.data = other.ToByteArray();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Checks whether two <see cref="XmpProfile"/> structures are not equal.
+        /// Gets the raw XML document containing the XMP profile.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="left">The left hand <see cref="XmpProfile"/> operand.</param>
-        /// <param name="right">The right hand <see cref="XmpProfile"/> operand.</param>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// True if the <paramref name="left"/> parameter is not equal to the <paramref name="right"/> parameter;
-        /// otherwise, false.
-        /// </returns>
-        public static bool operator !=(XmpProfile left, XmpProfile right) => !(left == right);
-
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public XmpProfile DeepClone() => new(this);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates the data of the profile.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void UpdateData()
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="XDocument"/></returns>
+        public XDocument GetDocument()
         {
-            if (this.document == null)
+            byte[] byteArray = this.ToByteArray();
+            if (byteArray is null)
             {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            int initialLength = 256;
-            if (this.Data != null)
-            {
-                initialLength = this.Data.Length;
-            }
-
-            using var stream = new MemoryStream(initialLength);
-            using var writer = new StreamWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8);
-            this.document.Save(writer);
-            this.Data = stream.ToArray();
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override int GetHashCode() => base.GetHashCode();
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override bool Equals(object obj)
-        {
-            if (obj is not XmpProfile other)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            XElement thisRoot = this.Document.Root;
-            XElement otherRoot = other.Document.Root;
-
-            return this.CompareElements(thisRoot, otherRoot);
-        }
-
-        private bool CompareElements(XElement left, XElement right)
-        {
-            var comparer = new XElementEqualityComparer();
-            bool result = comparer.Equals(left, right);
-            if (result)
-            {
-                result |= !left.Elements().Except(right.Elements(), comparer).Any();
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        private void InitializeDocument()
-        {
-            if (!(this.document is null))
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (this.Data is null)
-            {
-                return;
+                return null;
             }
 
             // Strip leading whitespace, as the XmlReader doesn't like them.
-            int count = this.Data.Length;
+            int count = byteArray.Length;
             for (int i = count - 1; i > 0; i--)
             {
-                if (this.Data[i] is 0 or 0x0f)
+                if (byteArray[i] is 0 or 0x0f)
                 {
                     count--;
                 }
             }
 
-            using var stream = new MemoryStream(this.Data, 0, count);
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray, 0, count);
             using var reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8);
-            this.document = XDocument.Load(reader);
+            return XDocument.Load(reader);
+        }
 
-            // In case we removed any trailing bytes, update the Data property accordingly.
-            if (count != this.Data.Length)
-            {
-                this.UpdateData();
-            }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Convert the content of this <see cref="XmpProfile"/> into a byte array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="T:byte[]"/></returns>
+        public byte[] ToByteArray()
+        {
+            byte[] result = new byte[this.data.Length];
+            this.data.AsSpan().CopyTo(result);
+            return result;
         }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public XmpProfile DeepClone() => new(this);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffMetadataTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffMetadataTests.cs
index 6a47a95771..8f5a5f76f5 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffMetadataTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffMetadataTests.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
                 {
                     Assert.NotNull(rootFrameMetaData.XmpProfile);
                     Assert.NotNull(rootFrameMetaData.ExifProfile);
-                    Assert.Equal(2599, rootFrameMetaData.XmpProfile.Data.Length);
+                    Assert.Equal(2599, rootFrameMetaData.XmpProfile.ToByteArray().Length);
                     Assert.Equal(26, rootFrameMetaData.ExifProfile.Values.Count);
                 }
             }
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
                 Assert.Equal(32, rootFrame.Width);
                 Assert.Equal(32, rootFrame.Height);
                 Assert.NotNull(rootFrame.Metadata.XmpProfile);
-                Assert.Equal(2599, rootFrame.Metadata.XmpProfile.Data.Length);
+                Assert.Equal(2599, rootFrame.Metadata.XmpProfile.ToByteArray().Length);
 
                 ExifProfile exifProfile = rootFrame.Metadata.ExifProfile;
                 TiffFrameMetadata tiffFrameMetadata = rootFrame.Metadata.GetTiffMetadata();
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Tiff
 
             Assert.NotNull(xmpProfileInput);
             Assert.NotNull(encodedImageXmpProfile);
-            Assert.Equal(xmpProfileInput.Data, encodedImageXmpProfile.Data);
+            Assert.Equal(xmpProfileInput.ToByteArray(), encodedImageXmpProfile.ToByteArray());
 
             Assert.Equal("IrfanView", exifProfileInput.GetValue(ExifTag.Software).Value);
             Assert.Equal("This is Название", exifProfileInput.GetValue(ExifTag.ImageDescription).Value);
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/WebP/WebpMetaDataTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/WebP/WebpMetaDataTests.cs
index 7fba86b4fe..79c4ee57a9 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/WebP/WebpMetaDataTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/WebP/WebpMetaDataTests.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Webp
             else
             {
                 Assert.NotNull(image.Metadata.XmpProfile);
-                Assert.NotEmpty(image.Metadata.XmpProfile.Data);
+                Assert.NotEmpty(image.Metadata.XmpProfile.ToByteArray());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Metadata/ImageFrameMetadataTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Metadata/ImageFrameMetadataTests.cs
index 17be08f132..e5918a9ea4 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Metadata/ImageFrameMetadataTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Metadata/ImageFrameMetadataTests.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata
             Assert.False(metaData.ExifProfile.Equals(clone.ExifProfile));
             Assert.True(metaData.ExifProfile.Values.Count == clone.ExifProfile.Values.Count);
             Assert.False(ReferenceEquals(metaData.XmpProfile, clone.XmpProfile));
-            Assert.True(metaData.XmpProfile.Data.Length.Equals(clone.XmpProfile.Data.Length));
+            Assert.True(metaData.XmpProfile.ToByteArray().Length.Equals(clone.XmpProfile.ToByteArray().Length));
             Assert.False(metaData.GetGifMetadata().Equals(clone.GetGifMetadata()));
             Assert.False(metaData.IccProfile.Equals(clone.IccProfile));
             Assert.False(metaData.IptcProfile.Equals(clone.IptcProfile));
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Metadata/Profiles/XMP/XmpProfileTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Metadata/Profiles/XMP/XmpProfileTests.cs
index 4ef5fd774d..f1c5edc548 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Metadata/Profiles/XMP/XmpProfileTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Metadata/Profiles/XMP/XmpProfileTests.cs
@@ -92,53 +92,17 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public void XmpProfile_ToAndFromByteArray_Works()
+        public void XmpProfile_ToFromByteArray_ReturnsClone()
         {
             // arrange
             XmpProfile profile = CreateMinimalXmlProfile();
-            profile.Document.Root.AddFirst(new XElement(XName.Get("written")));
+            byte[] original = profile.ToByteArray();
 
             // act
-            profile.UpdateData();
-            byte[] profileBytes = profile.Data;
-            var profileFromBytes = new XmpProfile(profileBytes);
+            byte[] actual = profile.ToByteArray();
 
             // assert
-            XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(profileFromBytes);
-            Assert.Equal("written", ((XElement)profileFromBytes.Document.Root.FirstNode).Name);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void XmpProfile_EqualityIsByValue()
-        {
-            // arrange
-            XmpProfile original = CreateMinimalXmlProfile();
-            var other = new XmpProfile(original.Data);
-
-            // act
-            bool equals = original.Equals(other);
-            bool equality = original == other;
-            bool inequality = original != other;
-
-            // assert
-            Assert.True(equals);
-            Assert.True(equality);
-            Assert.False(inequality);
-            Assert.Equal(original, other);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void XmpProfile_DocumentConstructor()
-        {
-            // arrange
-            XmpProfile original = CreateMinimalXmlProfile();
-
-            // act
-            var actual = new XmpProfile(original.Document);
-
-            // assert
-            XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(actual);
-            Assert.Equal(original, actual);
+            Assert.False(ReferenceEquals(original, actual));
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -146,15 +110,14 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
         {
             // arrange
             XmpProfile profile = CreateMinimalXmlProfile();
-            profile.Document.Root.AddFirst(new XElement(XName.Get("written")));
+            byte[] original = profile.ToByteArray();
 
             // act
             XmpProfile clone = profile.DeepClone();
-            clone.Document.Root.AddFirst(new XElement(XName.Get("onlyonclone")));
+            byte[] actual = clone.ToByteArray();
 
             // assert
-            XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(clone);
-            Assert.Equal("onlyonclone", ((XElement)clone.Document.Root.FirstNode).Name);
+            Assert.False(ReferenceEquals(original, actual));
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -172,7 +135,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
             // assert
             XmpProfile actual = reloadedImage.Metadata.XmpProfile ?? reloadedImage.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.XmpProfile;
             XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(actual);
-            Assert.Equal(original, actual);
+            Assert.Equal(original.ToByteArray(), actual.ToByteArray());
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -190,7 +153,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
             // assert
             XmpProfile actual = reloadedImage.Metadata.XmpProfile ?? reloadedImage.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.XmpProfile;
             XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(actual);
-            Assert.Equal(original, actual);
+            Assert.Equal(original.ToByteArray(), actual.ToByteArray());
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -208,7 +171,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
             // assert
             XmpProfile actual = reloadedImage.Metadata.XmpProfile ?? reloadedImage.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.XmpProfile;
             XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(actual);
-            Assert.Equal(original, actual);
+            Assert.Equal(original.ToByteArray(), actual.ToByteArray());
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -226,7 +189,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
             // assert
             XmpProfile actual = reloadedImage.Metadata.XmpProfile ?? reloadedImage.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.XmpProfile;
             XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(actual);
-            Assert.Equal(original, actual);
+            Assert.Equal(original.ToByteArray(), actual.ToByteArray());
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -244,7 +207,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
             // assert
             XmpProfile actual = reloadedImage.Metadata.XmpProfile ?? reloadedImage.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.XmpProfile;
             XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(actual);
-            Assert.Equal(original, actual);
+            Assert.Equal(original.ToByteArray(), actual.ToByteArray());
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -262,13 +225,13 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
             // assert
             XmpProfile actual = reloadedImage.Metadata.XmpProfile ?? reloadedImage.Frames.RootFrame.Metadata.XmpProfile;
             XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(actual);
-            Assert.Equal(original, actual);
+            Assert.Equal(original.ToByteArray(), actual.ToByteArray());
         }
 
         private static void XmpProfileContainsExpectedValues(XmpProfile xmp)
         {
             Assert.NotNull(xmp);
-            XDocument document = xmp.Document;
+            XDocument document = xmp.GetDocument();
             Assert.NotNull(document);
             Assert.Equal("xmpmeta", document.Root.Name.LocalName);
             Assert.Equal("adobe:ns:meta/", document.Root.Name.NamespaceName);
@@ -276,7 +239,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Metadata.Profiles.Xmp
 
         private static XmpProfile CreateMinimalXmlProfile()
         {
-            string content = $"<?xpacket begin='' id='{Guid.NewGuid()}'?><x:xmpmeta xmlns:x='adobe:ns:meta/'></x:xmpmeta><?xpacket end='w'?>";
+            string content = $"<?xpacket begin='' id='{Guid.NewGuid()}'?><x:xmpmeta xmlns:x='adobe:ns:meta/'></x:xmpmeta><?xpacket end='w'?> ";
             byte[] data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(content);
             var profile = new XmpProfile(data);
             return profile;