diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.5.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.5.1.bb
index 1387b69066..c9e30f468f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.5.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.5.1.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ DEPENDS = "e2fsprogs-native"
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= "zlib bz2 xz lzo"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG_append_class-target = "\
-	libxml2 \
 	${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'acl xattr', d)} \
 "