diff --git a/src/xmldoc.cpp b/src/xmldoc.cpp
index 5cf86180b9..2948770424 100644
--- a/src/xmldoc.cpp
+++ b/src/xmldoc.cpp
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ void XmlDoc::parse(const std::string &input)
     xmlFreeParserCtxt(context);
     xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(nullptr, nullptr);
     xmlCleanupParser();
-#if LIBXML_VERSION < 21200
-    xmlCleanupGlobals();
-#endif
 }
 
 std::string decompressMathMLDTD()
@@ -137,9 +134,6 @@ void XmlDoc::parseMathML(const std::string &input)
     xmlFreeParserCtxt(context);
     xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(nullptr, nullptr);
     xmlCleanupParser();
-#if LIBXML_VERSION < 21200
-    xmlCleanupGlobals();
-#endif
 }
 
 std::string XmlDoc::prettyPrint() const
diff --git a/tests/parser/libxml_user.cpp b/tests/parser/libxml_user.cpp
index 9372828827..0db953c784 100644
--- a/tests/parser/libxml_user.cpp
+++ b/tests/parser/libxml_user.cpp
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ TEST(Parser, parseValidXmlDirectlyUsingLibxml)
     xmlFreeDoc(doc);
     xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(nullptr, nullptr);
     xmlCleanupParser();
-#if LIBXML_VERSION < 21200
-    xmlCleanupGlobals();
-#endif
 }
 
 TEST(Parser, parseInvalidXmlDirectlyUsingLibxml)
@@ -84,9 +81,6 @@ TEST(Parser, parseInvalidXmlDirectlyUsingLibxml)
     xmlFreeParserCtxt(context);
     xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(nullptr, nullptr);
     xmlCleanupParser();
-#if LIBXML_VERSION < 21200
-    xmlCleanupGlobals();
-#endif
 
     EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, doc);
 }