diff --git a/block/meson.build b/block/meson.build
index deb73ca389..90dc9983e5 100644
--- a/block/meson.build
+++ b/block/meson.build
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ block_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_QED', if_true: files(
   'qed-table.c',
   'qed.c',
 ))
-block_ss.add(when: [libxml2, 'CONFIG_PARALLELS'],
-             if_true: files('parallels.c', 'parallels-ext.c'))
+block_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PARALLELS', if_true: files('parallels.c', 'parallels-ext.c'))
 block_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_WIN32', if_true: files('file-win32.c', 'win32-aio.c'))
 block_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_POSIX', if_true: [files('file-posix.c'), coref, iokit])
 block_ss.add(when: libiscsi, if_true: files('iscsi-opts.c'))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5f43355071..82db1e7e74 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -453,11 +453,6 @@ if not get_option('linux_io_uring').auto() or have_block
                               required: get_option('linux_io_uring'),
                               method: 'pkg-config', kwargs: static_kwargs)
 endif
-libxml2 = not_found
-if not get_option('libxml2').auto() or have_block
-  libxml2 = dependency('libxml-2.0', required: get_option('libxml2'),
-                       method: 'pkg-config', kwargs: static_kwargs)
-endif
 libnfs = not_found
 if not get_option('libnfs').auto() or have_block
   libnfs = dependency('libnfs', version: '>=1.9.3',
@@ -3496,7 +3491,6 @@ summary_info += {'bzip2 support':     libbzip2}
 summary_info += {'lzfse support':     liblzfse}
 summary_info += {'zstd support':      zstd}
 summary_info += {'NUMA host support': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_NUMA')}
-summary_info += {'libxml2':           libxml2}
 summary_info += {'capstone':          capstone_opt == 'internal' ? capstone_opt : capstone}
 summary_info += {'libpmem support':   libpmem}
 summary_info += {'libdaxctl support': libdaxctl}
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 921967eddb..95d527f773 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ option('libudev', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'Use libudev to enumerate host devices')
 option('libusb', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'libusb support for USB passthrough')
-option('libxml2', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
-       description: 'libxml2 support for Parallels image format')
 option('linux_aio', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'Linux AIO support')
 option('linux_io_uring', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5caa739db4..5e50111060 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ our @typeList = (
 	qr{target_(?:u)?long},
 	qr{hwaddr},
         # external libraries
-	qr{xml${Ident}},
 	qr{xen\w+_handle},
 	# Glib definitions
 	qr{gchar},
diff --git a/scripts/ci/org.centos/stream/8/x86_64/configure b/scripts/ci/org.centos/stream/8/x86_64/configure
index e05f2fddcc..9850dd4444 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/org.centos/stream/8/x86_64/configure
+++ b/scripts/ci/org.centos/stream/8/x86_64/configure
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 --disable-libssh \
 --disable-libudev \
 --disable-libusb \
---disable-libxml2 \
 --disable-linux-aio \
 --disable-linux-io-uring \
 --disable-linux-user \
diff --git a/scripts/coverity-scan/coverity-scan.docker b/scripts/coverity-scan/coverity-scan.docker
index ecff6ac5b4..6f60a52d23 100644
--- a/scripts/coverity-scan/coverity-scan.docker
+++ b/scripts/coverity-scan/coverity-scan.docker
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     libubsan \
     libudev-devel \
     libusbx-devel \
-    libxml2-devel \
     libzstd-devel \
     llvm \
     lzo-devel \
diff --git a/scripts/coverity-scan/run-coverity-scan b/scripts/coverity-scan/run-coverity-scan
index 6d443250a9..181bdcb263 100755
--- a/scripts/coverity-scan/run-coverity-scan
+++ b/scripts/coverity-scan/run-coverity-scan
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ echo "Configuring..."
     --enable-libiscsi --enable-libnfs --enable-seccomp \
     --enable-tpm --enable-libssh --enable-lzo --enable-snappy --enable-bzip2 \
     --enable-numa --enable-rdma --enable-smartcard --enable-virglrenderer \
-    --enable-mpath --enable-libxml2 --enable-glusterfs \
+    --enable-mpath --enable-glusterfs \
     --enable-virtfs --enable-zstd
 
 echo "Running cov-build..."
diff --git a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
index a4af02c527..48a454cece 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ meson_options_help() {
   printf "%s\n" '  libssh          ssh block device support'
   printf "%s\n" '  libudev         Use libudev to enumerate host devices'
   printf "%s\n" '  libusb          libusb support for USB passthrough'
-  printf "%s\n" '  libxml2         libxml2 support for Parallels image format'
   printf "%s\n" '  linux-aio       Linux AIO support'
   printf "%s\n" '  linux-io-uring  Linux io_uring support'
   printf "%s\n" '  lzfse           lzfse support for DMG images'
@@ -188,8 +187,6 @@ _meson_option_parse() {
     --disable-libudev) printf "%s" -Dlibudev=disabled ;;
     --enable-libusb) printf "%s" -Dlibusb=enabled ;;
     --disable-libusb) printf "%s" -Dlibusb=disabled ;;
-    --enable-libxml2) printf "%s" -Dlibxml2=enabled ;;
-    --disable-libxml2) printf "%s" -Dlibxml2=disabled ;;
     --enable-linux-aio) printf "%s" -Dlinux_aio=enabled ;;
     --disable-linux-aio) printf "%s" -Dlinux_aio=disabled ;;
     --enable-linux-io-uring) printf "%s" -Dlinux_io_uring=enabled ;;