diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
index f0a095252a..bea2c2a20b 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/build
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --disable-static \
             --enable-shared \
-            --enable-ipv6=yes \
+            --disable-ipv6 \
             --without-python \
             --with-zlib