diff --git a/neethi/test/Makefile.am b/neethi/test/Makefile.am
index eba296a..031f436 100644
--- a/neethi/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/neethi/test/Makefile.am
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@
 test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libneethi.la \
 			../../axiom/src/om/libaxis2_axiom.la \
 			../../util/src/libaxutil.la \
-			../src/libneethi.la \
-			-lxml2
+			../src/libneethi.la