diff --git a/package/multimedia/gstreamer/Config.in b/package/multimedia/gstreamer/Config.in
index a3ce859572..7de904c8c9 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gstreamer/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/gstreamer/Config.in
@@ -9,9 +9,3 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER
 
 comment "gstreamer requires a toolchain with WCHAR support"
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER_LIBXML2
-	bool "require libxml2 for registry and load/save"
-	default y
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER
diff --git a/package/multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk b/package/multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk
index 49ac0df53b..d689619ed7 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk
@@ -19,15 +19,9 @@ endif
 GSTREAMER_CONF_OPT = \
 		--disable-examples \
 		--disable-tests \
-		--disable-failing-tests
+		--disable-failing-tests \
+		--disable-loadsave
 
 GSTREAMER_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-pkg-config
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER_LIBXML2),y)
-GSTREAMER_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
-else
-GSTREAMER_CONF_OPT += \
-	--disable-loadsave
-endif
-
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package/multimedia,gstreamer))