diff --git a/libxslt/xslt.c b/libxslt/xslt.c
index 690220e3f7e27beb296d031f6cae3c4b1abe2665_bGlieHNsdC94c2x0LmM=..718486d82d5741abfe7118db9a4488ce5f38779d_bGlieHNsdC94c2x0LmM= 100644
--- a/libxslt/xslt.c
+++ b/libxslt/xslt.c
@@ -91,13 +91,7 @@
 #ifdef XSLT_LOCALE_WINAPI
 extern xmlRMutexPtr xsltLocaleMutex;
 #endif
-/*
- * Harmless but avoiding a problem when compiling against a
- * libxml <= 2.3.11 without LIBXML_DEBUG_ENABLED
- */
-#ifndef LIBXML_DEBUG_ENABLED
-double xmlXPathStringEvalNumber(const xmlChar *str);
-#endif
+
 /*
  * Useful macros
  */