SVG output lacking xlink:href tag

The svg output from the WMS is not formatting points properly for me. This might be an SLD problem, since points are not showing up properly in jpeg output, but it might be more.

basically the output is:
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</g>
<g id="DC:obs" class="normal">
<defs>
<circle id='point' cx='0' cy='0' r='0.5%' fill='blue' stroke="red"/>
</defs>
<use x="-82.3" y="28.9"/>
<use x="-82.3" y="28.9"/>
<use x="-82.3" y="28.9"/>
<use x="-82.3" y="28.9"/>
<use x="-82.3" y="28.9"/>
<use x="-82.4" y="28.9"/>
<use x="-82.4" y="28.7">

What I believe it should be is:
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</g>
<g id="DC:obs" class="normal">
<defs>
<circle id='point' cx='0' cy='0' r='0.5%' fill='blue' stroke="red"/>
</defs>
<use x="-82.3" y="28.9" xlink:href="#point"/>
<use x="-82.3" y="28.9" xlink:href="#point"/>
<use x="-82.3" y="28.9" xlink:href="#point"/>
<use x="-82.4" y="28.9" xlink:href="#point"/>
<use x="-82.4" y="28.7" xlink:href="#point"/>

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Good Luck!