diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
index 5d26780905..d0dae65d24 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 . config/options
 
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build libiconv
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/install b/packages/textproc/libxml2/install
index d942db1c04..e8fabc9194 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/install
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/install
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 
 . config/options
 
-$SCRIPTS/install libiconv
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/.libs/libxml2*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib