diff --git a/.ruff.toml b/.ruff.toml
index f683f66ad..2d48d8ce3 100644
--- a/.ruff.toml
+++ b/.ruff.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ ignore = [
     "PLR6201",  # Use a set literal when testing for membership
     "PLR6301",  # Method `{method_name}` could be a function, class method, or static method
     # pylint ('PLW')
-    "PLW0108",  # Lambda may be unnecessary; consider inlining inner function
     "PLW0211",  # First argument of a static method should not be named `{argument_name}`
     "PLW0603",  # Using the global statement to update `{name}` is discouraged
     "PLW1514",  # `{function_name}` in text mode without explicit `encoding` argument
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/xml.py b/sphinx/writers/xml.py
index 695169a09..825f6da5c 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/xml.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/xml.py
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ class XMLWriter(BaseXMLWriter):  # type: ignore[misc]
         super().__init__()
         self.builder = builder
 
-        # A lambda function to generate translator lazily
-        self.translator_class = lambda document: self.builder.create_translator(
-            document
-        )
-
     def translate(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         self.document.settings.newlines = self.document.settings.indents = (
             self.builder.env.config.xml_pretty
         )
         self.document.settings.xml_declaration = True
         self.document.settings.doctype_declaration = True
-        return super().translate()
+
+        # copied from docutils.writers.docutils_xml.Writer.translate()
+        # so that we can override the translator class
+        self.visitor = visitor = self.builder.create_translator(self.document)
+        self.document.walkabout(visitor)
+        self.output = ''.join(visitor.output)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
 
 class PseudoXMLWriter(BaseXMLWriter):  # type: ignore[misc]