diff --git a/src/util/xml.c b/src/util/xml.c
index b0942da89ca9b358a8ea73bad05c70a08ee12cf9..46ffe82856bfcfb49ef82decd1e58293fc0bfe17 100644
--- a/src/util/xml.c
+++ b/src/util/xml.c
@@ -757,11 +757,11 @@ 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)