diff --git a/m4/virt-libxml.m4 b/m4/virt-libxml.m4
index 9aefbdc3f1..cce54d88fb 100644
--- a/m4/virt-libxml.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-libxml.m4
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 dnl
 
 AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_ARG_LIBXML], [
-  LIBVIRT_ARG_WITH([LIBXML], [libxml-2.0 (>= 2.9.1) location], [check])
+  LIBVIRT_ARG_WITH([LIBXML], [libxml-2.0 location], [check])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_CHECK_LIBXML], [