Spurious less-than in footer

In view mode (e.g. xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome) the footer of every page shows a spurious less-than at the bottom:

Main.WebHome (en) Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS2!
Creator: <Creator> Date: <Date> <License>
Last Author: <Author> Date: <Date>
<

In edit mode (e.g. xwiki/bin/edit/Main/WebHome) the footer of the page is fine:

Main.WebHome (en) Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS2!
Creator: <Creator> Date: <Date> <License>
Last Author: <Author> Date: <Date>

The problem seems to be in the last four lines from xwiki/templates/footer.vm. removing them solves the problem:

#if($context.getMode()==0)
</body>
</html>
#end