diff --git a/src/util/virxml.c b/src/util/virxml.c
index f652ee0fad..4769569957 100644
--- a/src/util/virxml.c
+++ b/src/util/virxml.c
@@ -746,11 +746,11 @@ 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)