diff --git a/bench/src/libxml2.zig b/bench/src/libxml2.zig
index 8ca4143..3d19a95 100644
--- a/bench/src/libxml2.zig
+++ b/bench/src/libxml2.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const c = @cImport({
-    @cDefine("LIBXML_READER_ENABLED", "1");
     @cInclude("libxml/xmlreader.h");
 });