diff --git a/python/libxslt.c b/python/libxslt.c
index 028c7ae856130e83fc3c4eb87eb8d03fae326bdc_cHl0aG9uL2xpYnhzbHQuYw==..c4399771d24be5a43cedd7a7a5b69d30f47bf27f_cHl0aG9uL2xpYnhzbHQuYw== 100644
--- a/python/libxslt.c
+++ b/python/libxslt.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,6 @@
      */
     libxslt_xsltErrorInitialize();
     xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultValue = XML_DETECT_IDS | XML_COMPLETE_ATTRS;
-    xmlDefaultSAXHandler.cdataBlock = NULL;
     /*
      * Register the EXSLT extensions and the test module
      */