diff --git a/cmake/xml2_CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/xml2_CMakeLists.txt.in
index 0e7492aea7..1a12d762a0 100644
--- a/cmake/xml2_CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/xml2_CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
 
 # xml2
 ExternalProject_Add(xml2
-        URL https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/2.11/libxml2-2.11.5.tar.xz
-        URL_HASH SHA256=3727b078c360ec69fa869de14bd6f75d7ee8d36987b071e6928d4720a28df3a6
-        #https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/archive/refs/tags/v2.11.5.tar.gz
-        #GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2
-        #GIT_TAG v2.11.5
+        URL https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/archive/refs/tags/v2.10.4.tar.gz
+	URL_HASH SHA256=6f6fb27f91bb65f9d7196e3c616901b3e18a7dea31ccc2ae857940b125faa780
         DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS 1
         DOWNLOAD_DIR "${TD_CONTRIB_DIR}/deps-download"
         SOURCE_DIR "${TD_CONTRIB_DIR}/xml2"
         #BINARY_DIR ""
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE TRUE
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure --prefix=$ENV{HOME}/.cos-local.2 --enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes --without-python --without-lzma
-        BUILD_COMMAND make -j
-        INSTALL_COMMAND make install && ln -sf $ENV{HOME}/.cos-local.2/include/libxml2/libxml $ENV{HOME}/.cos-local.2/include/libxml
+	CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+	BUILD_COMMAND ""
+        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
         TEST_COMMAND ""
         GIT_SHALLOW true
         )