diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
index d7bd64df1..f6de68bbd 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ BUILD {
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
 		--datarootdir=$COMMON_DOCS \
 		--docdir=$COMMON_DOCS/doc \
-		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS/man \
-		--enable-ipv6=no \
+		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS/man
 		LDFLAGS="-lnetwork"
 	make
 }