diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 8a2db46..61ccd10 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 %bcond_with	embed
 %bcond_with	docs
 %bcond_with	sqlite
+%define __noautoreq 'perl\\(XML::LibXML\\)'
 %else
 %bcond_without	perl
 %bcond_without	python
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
 %bcond_without	docs
 # use what's in berkeley db
 %bcond_with	sqlite
-%define __noautoreq 'perl\\(XML::LibXML\\)'
 %endif
 
 %bcond_with	notyet