diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
index b86df4969c2..b235c746e1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   preInstall = ''substituteInPlace python/libxml2mod.la --replace "${python}" "$out"'';
   installFlags = ''pythondir="$(out)/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"'';
 
-} // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (!pythonSupport && stdenv.isFreeBSD) {
+} // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (!pythonSupport) {
   configureFlags = "--with-python=no"; # otherwise build impurity bites us
 })