diff --git a/Ports/libarchive/package.sh b/Ports/libarchive/package.sh
index c3b37a3d8c9..0e3922504b7 100755
--- a/Ports/libarchive/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/libarchive/package.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 port=libarchive
 version=3.4.0
 useconfigure=true
+configopts="--without-xml2"
 files="https://libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-3.4.0.tar.gz libarchive-3.4.0.tar.gz"
 depends=zlib