diff --git a/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules b/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
index 24f2a1129..9d3d1ea28 100644
--- a/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
+++ b/tools/build/gnome-shell.modules
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@
             md5sum="43ad483c17446dcc7d1c8d3fa49dcc90" size="1240410"/>
     <dependencies>
       <dep package="glib"/>
-      <dep package="libxml2"/>
       <dep package="libsoup"/>
     </dependencies>
     <suggests>