diff --git a/textproc/libxml/libxml.conf b/textproc/libxml/libxml.conf
index 7cfed433e..2cd70e0ad 100644
--- a/textproc/libxml/libxml.conf
+++ b/textproc/libxml/libxml.conf
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@ libxml_catalog() {
 		xmlcatalog --noout --create $root$catalog
 	fi
 }
+
+# python, not on stage 1 please
+if ! atstage native; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--without-python'
+fi
diff --git a/textproc/libxml/libxml.desc b/textproc/libxml/libxml.desc
index bbdfc61d2..56a81b459 100644
--- a/textproc/libxml/libxml.desc
+++ b/textproc/libxml/libxml.desc
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@
 [L] LGPL
 [S] Stable
 [V] 2.6.30
-[P] X -----5---9 112.300
+[P] X -?---5---9 112.300
 
 [D] 558126433 libxml2-2.6.30.tar.gz ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml/