diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 94b998d..f11586a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+gstreamer0.11 (0.11.1-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control.in:
+    + Don't (build-) depend on libxml2.
+
+ -- Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:17:50 +0100
+
 gstreamer0.11 (0.11.1-2) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * debian/control.in:
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 83d7587..387cd05 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
                autotools-dev,
                dh-autoreconf,
                autopoint,
-               libxml2-dev (>= 2.6.0),
                zlib1g-dev (>= 1:1.1.4),
                libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.26),
                libgmp3-dev,
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
                      ghostscript,
                      xmlto,
                      netpbm,
-                     libxml2-doc,
                      libglib2.0-doc
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Homepage: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@
          libc6-dev | libc-dev,
          pkg-config,
          libglib2.0-dev,
-         libxml2-dev,
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          gir1.2-gstreamer-0.11 (= ${binary:Version})
@@ -109,7 +106,6 @@
 Architecture: all
 Section: doc
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
-         libxml2-doc,
          libglib2.0-doc
 Recommends: libgstreamer0.11-dev (= ${source:Version})
 Description: GStreamer core documentation and manuals
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 4a2eeaf..005e483 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
                autotools-dev,
                dh-autoreconf,
                autopoint,
-               libxml2-dev (>= 2.6.0),
                zlib1g-dev (>= 1:1.1.4),
                libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.26),
                libgmp3-dev,
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
                      ghostscript,
                      xmlto,
                      netpbm,
-                     libxml2-doc,
                      libglib2.0-doc
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Homepage: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@
          libc6-dev | libc-dev,
          pkg-config,
          libglib2.0-dev,
-         libxml2-dev,
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          gir1.2-gstreamer-@GST_ABI@ (= ${binary:Version})
@@ -109,7 +106,6 @@
 Architecture: all
 Section: doc
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
-         libxml2-doc,
          libglib2.0-doc
 Recommends: @GST_LIB_DEV@ (= ${source:Version})
 Description: GStreamer core documentation and manuals