diff --git a/android/external/Makefile.conf b/android/external/Makefile.conf
index 81a9b81..8c073c4 100644
--- a/android/external/Makefile.conf
+++ b/android/external/Makefile.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ GMP_VERSION=6.2.1
 NETTLE_VERSION=3.7.3
 BOOST_VERSION=1.74.0
 LIB_ARCHIVE_VERSION=3.6.1
-LIB_XML_VERSION=2.10.0
 
 ### Git deps repos
 EXTERNAL_GIT_REPOS += libetpan|https://gitea.pep.foundation/pEp.foundation/libetpan.git?507ab94fc9609432ef2d4c62770139482f1b5084
diff --git a/android/external/arm64-v8a/Makefile b/android/external/arm64-v8a/Makefile
index 529b7df..efbfcdc 100644
--- a/android/external/arm64-v8a/Makefile
+++ b/android/external/arm64-v8a/Makefile
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ libarchive/Makefile: libarchive.src.stamp libarchive-install
                 --disable-documentation \
                 --disable-bsdtar \
                 --disable-bsdcpio \
+                --without-xml2 \
 				--host=$(HOST) \
 				--prefix=$(LOCAL)
 
@@ -329,42 +330,6 @@ libarchive-build: libarchive/libarchive.so
 
 libarchive-install: $(LOCAL)/lib/libarchive.so
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-# libxml2
-
-libxml2.src.stamp: ../downloads/libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION).tar.xz
-	tar xvf $<
-	mv libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION) libxml2
-	touch $@
-
-libxml2-src: libxml2.src.stamp
-
-libxml2-clean:
-	rm -rf libxml2
-	rm -rf libxml2.src.stamp
-
-#There is a libxml2 version on the AOSP source code: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/
-#, maybe it is a good idea to take it from there instead of mainstrem
-libxml2/Makefile: libxml2.src.stamp
-	cd libxml2 && \
-		CC="$(CC)" LD="$(LD)" AR="$(AR)" AS="$(AS)" RANLIB=$(RANLIB) STRIP="$(STRIP)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
-			./configure \
-                --enable-static \
-                --disable-shared \
-                --without-lzma \
-                --without-zlib \
-				--host=$(HOST) \
-				--prefix=$(LOCAL)
-
-libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a: libxml2/Makefile
-	$(MAKE) -C libxml2
-
-$(LOCAL)/lib/libxml2.a: libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a
-	$(MAKE) -C libxml2 DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) prefix=$(prefix) install
-
-libxml2-build: libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a
-
-libxml2-install: $(LOCAL)/lib/libxml2.a
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # Sequoia-ffi
 
diff --git a/android/external/armeabi-v7a/Makefile b/android/external/armeabi-v7a/Makefile
index b88569c..736d6a4 100644
--- a/android/external/armeabi-v7a/Makefile
+++ b/android/external/armeabi-v7a/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ APP_ABI ?= armeabi-v7a
 all: build
 #assets
 
-build: showsetup uuid-install sequoia-ffi-install libetpan-build cryptopp-install archive-install
+build: showsetup uuid-install sequoia-ffi-install libetpan-build cryptopp-install libarchive-install
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ libarchive/Makefile: libarchive.src.stamp libarchive-install
                 --disable-documentation \
                 --disable-bsdtar \
                 --disable-bsdcpio \
+                --without-xml2 \
 				--host=$(HOST) \
 				--prefix=$(LOCAL)
 
@@ -332,43 +333,6 @@ libarchive-build: libarchive/libarchive.so
 
 libarchive-install: $(LOCAL)/lib/libarchive.so
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-# libxml2
-
-
-libxml2.src.stamp: ../downloads/libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION).tar.xz
-	tar xvf $<
-	mv libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION) libxml2
-	touch $@
-
-libxml2-src: libxml2.src.stamp
-
-libxml2-clean:
-	rm -rf libxml2
-	rm -rf libxml2.src.stamp
-
-#There is a libxml2 version on the AOSP source code: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/
-#, maybe it is a good idea to take it from there instead of mainstrem
-libxml2/Makefile: libxml2.src.stamp
-	cd libxml2 && \
-		CC="$(CC)" LD="$(LD)" AR="$(AR)" AS="$(AS)" RANLIB=$(RANLIB) STRIP="$(STRIP)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
-			./configure \
-                --enable-static \
-                --disable-shared \
-                --without-lzma \
-                --without-zlib \
-				--host=$(HOST) \
-				--prefix=$(LOCAL)
-
-libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a: libxml2/Makefile
-	$(MAKE) -C libxml2
-
-$(LOCAL)/lib/libxml2.a: libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a
-	$(MAKE) -C libxml2 DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) prefix=$(prefix) install
-
-libxml2-build: libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a
-
-libxml2-install: $(LOCAL)/lib/libxml2.a
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # Sequoia-ffi
 CARGO_TARGET_DIR=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT)/../build
diff --git a/android/external/downloads/Makefile b/android/external/downloads/Makefile
index d227d39..b27fc12 100644
--- a/android/external/downloads/Makefile
+++ b/android/external/downloads/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include ../Makefile.conf
 # Build parameters
 
 all: download-iconv download-uuid download-sequoia-deps download-etpan download-sequoia download-boost \
-	download-cryptopp download-archive download-xml2
+	download-cryptopp download-archive
 
 download-iconv: libiconv-1.15.tar.gz
 
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ download-cryptopp: cryptopp.tar.gz
 
 download-archive: libarchive-$(LIB_ARCHIVE_VERSION).tar.gz
 
-download-xml2: libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION).tar.xz
-
 # Download source and patch it
 libiconv-1.15.tar.gz:
 	wget https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.tar.gz
@@ -59,11 +57,6 @@ libarchive-$(LIB_ARCHIVE_VERSION).tar.gz:
 	wget -nc https://libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-$(LIB_ARCHIVE_VERSION).tar.gz
 	md5sum -c libarchive-$(LIB_ARCHIVE_VERSION).tar.gz.md5
 
-libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION).tar.xz:
-	wget -nc https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/2.10/libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION).tar.xz
-	md5sum -c libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION).tar.xz.md5
-
-
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # Clone update and archive external projects GIT repos
 # Local clone is in external/$project.git while
diff --git a/android/external/downloads/libxml2-2.10.0.tar.xz.md5 b/android/external/downloads/libxml2-2.10.0.tar.xz.md5
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f30278..0000000
--- a/android/external/downloads/libxml2-2.10.0.tar.xz.md5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-54fdcf2404eb5c1ca59ffc82b2edff78  libxml2-2.10.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/android/external/x86/Makefile b/android/external/x86/Makefile
index fc8eb5c..2225477 100644
--- a/android/external/x86/Makefile
+++ b/android/external/x86/Makefile
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ libarchive/Makefile: libarchive.src.stamp libarchive-install
                 --disable-bsdtar \
                 --disable-bsdcpio \
 				--host=$(HOST) \
+				--without-xml2 \
 				--prefix=$(LOCAL)
 
 libarchive/libarchive.so: libarchive/Makefile
@@ -329,43 +330,6 @@ libarchive-build: libarchive/libarchive.so
 
 libarchive-install: $(LOCAL)/lib/libarchive.so
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-# libxml2
-
-
-libxml2.src.stamp: ../downloads/libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION).tar.xz
-	tar xvf $<
-	mv libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION) libxml2
-	touch $@
-
-libxml2-src: libxml2.src.stamp
-
-libxml2-clean:
-	rm -rf libxml2
-	rm -rf libxml2.src.stamp
-
-#There is a libxml2 version on the AOSP source code: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/
-#, maybe it is a good idea to take it from there instead of mainstrem
-libxml2/Makefile: libxml2.src.stamp
-	cd libxml2 && \
-		CC="$(CC)" LD="$(LD)" AR="$(AR)" AS="$(AS)" RANLIB=$(RANLIB) STRIP="$(STRIP)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
-			./configure \
-                --enable-static \
-                --disable-shared \
-                --without-lzma \
-                --without-zlib \
-				--host=$(HOST) \
-				--prefix=$(LOCAL)
-
-libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a: libxml2/Makefile
-	$(MAKE) -C libxml2
-
-$(LOCAL)/lib/libxml2.a: libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a
-	$(MAKE) -C libxml2 DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) prefix=$(prefix) install
-
-libxml2-build: libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a
-
-libxml2-install: $(LOCAL)/lib/libxml2.a
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # Sequoia-ffi
 CARGO_TARGET_DIR=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT)/../build/
diff --git a/android/external/x86_64/Makefile b/android/external/x86_64/Makefile
index bcb990b..0fb3842 100644
--- a/android/external/x86_64/Makefile
+++ b/android/external/x86_64/Makefile
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ libarchive/Makefile: libarchive.src.stamp libarchive-install
                 --disable-documentation \
                 --disable-bsdtar \
                 --disable-bsdcpio \
+                --without-xml2 \
 				--host=$(HOST) \
 				--prefix=$(LOCAL)
 
@@ -329,43 +330,6 @@ libarchive-build: libarchive/libarchive.so
 
 libarchive-install: $(LOCAL)/lib/libarchive.so
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-# libxml2
-
-
-libxml2.src.stamp: ../downloads/libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION).tar.xz
-	tar xvf $<
-	mv libxml2-$(LIB_XML_VERSION) libxml2
-	touch $@
-
-libxml2-src: libxml2.src.stamp
-
-libxml2-clean:
-	rm -rf libxml2
-	rm -rf libxml2.src.stamp
-
-#There is a libxml2 version on the AOSP source code: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libxml2/
-#, maybe it is a good idea to take it from there instead of mainstrem
-libxml2/Makefile: libxml2.src.stamp
-	cd libxml2 && \
-		CC="$(CC)" LD="$(LD)" AR="$(AR)" AS="$(AS)" RANLIB=$(RANLIB) STRIP="$(STRIP)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" \
-			./configure \
-                --enable-static \
-                --disable-shared \
-                --without-lzma \
-                --without-zlib \
-				--host=$(HOST) \
-				--prefix=$(LOCAL)
-
-libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a: libxml2/Makefile
-	$(MAKE) -C libxml2
-
-$(LOCAL)/lib/libxml2.a: libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a
-	$(MAKE) -C libxml2 DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) prefix=$(prefix) install
-
-libxml2-build: libxml2/.libs/libxml2.a
-
-libxml2-install: $(LOCAL)/lib/libxml2.a
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # Sequoia-ffi