diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 2f2b1c3c..2ad76dbb 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -425,9 +425,6 @@ Fixes:
       <pearinstaller>
         <min>1.4.0</min>
       </pearinstaller>
-      <extension>
-        <name>libxml</name>
-      </extension>
     </required>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/src/php_solr.c b/src/php_solr.c
index 5cf1deb7..6c5c9c9f 100644
--- a/src/php_solr.c
+++ b/src/php_solr.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,6 @@ static zend_function_entry solr_utils_methods[] = {
 
 /* {{{ solr_module_deps  */
 static zend_module_dep solr_module_deps[] = {
-    ZEND_MOD_REQUIRED(PHP_LIBXML_EXTENSION_NAME)
     ZEND_MOD_REQUIRED(PHP_JSON_EXTENSION_NAME)
     ZEND_MOD_END
 };