diff --git a/src/util/virxml.c b/src/util/virxml.c
index aa55a338748b1353457f0554d8a93d2a3641e5c7..613e8f0d73210abc9e68fe7809c492c39d2c8171 100644
--- a/src/util/virxml.c
+++ b/src/util/virxml.c
@@ -749,11 +749,11 @@ virXMLParseHelper(int domcode,
 
     if (filename) {
         xml = xmlCtxtReadFile(pctxt, filename, NULL,
-                              XML_PARSE_NOENT | XML_PARSE_NONET |
+                              XML_PARSE_NONET |
                               XML_PARSE_NOWARNING);
     } else {
         xml = xmlCtxtReadDoc(pctxt, BAD_CAST xmlStr, url, NULL,
-                             XML_PARSE_NOENT | XML_PARSE_NONET |
+                             XML_PARSE_NONET |
                              XML_PARSE_NOWARNING);
     }
     if (!xml)