--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@
 
 
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(libxml-2.0, libxml-2.0)
-AC_SUBST(libxml-2.0_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(libxml-2.0_LIBS)
-
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 src/Makefile