AG_GST_CHECK_PLUGIN(videoscale)
AG_GST_CHECK_PLUGIN(volume)
-dnl check for gstreamer core features (subsystems)
-dnl FIXME: this assumes srcdir == builddir for uninstalled setups
-GST_CONFIGPATH=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=includedir gstreamer-0.11`"/gst/gstconfig.h"
-AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLES($GST_CONFIGPATH)
-AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_XML, test $GST_DISABLE_XML != "1")
+dnl FIXME 0.11: check for libxml, split subparse and move libxml parts to ext/
+AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_XML, false)
dnl disable plug-ins that require libxml2's HTML support if it is not available
if test "x$HAVE_LIBXML_HTML" != "xyes"; then