diff --git a/dev/libs/libxml2/ympbuild b/dev/libs/libxml2/ympbuild
index 594c0fa6..d037101f 100644
--- a/dev/libs/libxml2/ympbuild
+++ b/dev/libs/libxml2/ympbuild
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ maintainer=' aliriza'
 license=('GPLv3')
 source=("https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/archive/v${version}/libxml2-v${version}.tar.gz")
 depends=(zlib xz-utils)
-makedepends=()
+makedepends=(python)
 md5sums=('8510dc032833bb3aebb304dcf530b4bc')
 uses=(python)
 uses_extra=()
-python_depends=(python)
 arch=('x86_64')
 group=(dev.libs)