diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 7bbdfdbc49..438702959f 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -508,12 +508,12 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_D3D9), 1)
    endif
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(HAVE_LIBXML2), 1)
-   LIBS += $(LIBXML2_LIBS)
-   DEFINES += $(LIBXML2_CFLAGS)
-else
-   OBJ += compat/rxml/rxml.o
-endif
+#ifeq ($(HAVE_LIBXML2), 1)
+   #LIBS += $(LIBXML2_LIBS)
+   #DEFINES += $(LIBXML2_CFLAGS)
+#else
+   #OBJ += compat/rxml/rxml.o
+#endif
 
 # Compression/Archive
 
diff --git a/griffin/griffin.c b/griffin/griffin.c
index 4a09df84bf..8d4b859d7f 100644
--- a/griffin/griffin.c
+++ b/griffin/griffin.c
@@ -762,10 +762,13 @@ DEPENDENCIES
 /*============================================================
 XML
 ============================================================ */
+#if 0
 #ifndef HAVE_LIBXML2
 #define RXML_LIBXML2_COMPAT
 #include "../compat/rxml/rxml.c"
 #endif
+#endif
+
 /*============================================================
  SETTINGS
 ============================================================ */