diff --git a/package/neon/neon.mk b/package/neon/neon.mk
index 1915e6c2e..2edc6b280 100644
--- a/package/neon/neon.mk
+++ b/package/neon/neon.mk
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ else
 NEON_CONF_OPT += --with-libxml2=no
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NEON_NOXML),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NEON_EXPAT)$(BR2_PACKAGE_NEON_LIBXML2),)
 # webdav needs xml support
 NEON_CONF_OPT += --disable-webdav
 endif