diff --git a/globals.c b/globals.c
index 2f721c1..72865c3 100644
--- a/globals.c
+++ b/globals.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
     /*
      * Perform initialization as required by libxml
      */
-    initxmlDefaultSAXHandler(&gs->xmlDefaultSAXHandler, 1);
+
 #ifdef LIBXML_DOCB_ENABLED
     initdocbDefaultSAXHandler(&gs->docbDefaultSAXHandler);
 #endif