diff --git a/libxml2/.footprint b/libxml2/.footprint
index 7c488f697..75d02cbc1 100644
--- a/libxml2/.footprint
+++ b/libxml2/.footprint
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/libxml2/libxml/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so -> libxml2.so.2.7.2
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 -> libxml2.so.2.7.2
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.7.2
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so -> libxml2.so.2.7.3
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 -> libxml2.so.2.7.3
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.7.3
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libxml-2.0.pc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/xml2Conf.sh
diff --git a/libxml2/.md5sum b/libxml2/.md5sum
index d73196de1..3f929d043 100644
--- a/libxml2/.md5sum
+++ b/libxml2/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dc43ff7ae6aded45f578c87b7b0c8766  libxml2-2.7.2.tar.gz
+8f4fda3969237c2a33bdb1583b5d06b2  libxml2-2.7.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/libxml2/Pkgfile b/libxml2/Pkgfile
index 56d09fbc7..c3890d0df 100644
--- a/libxml2/Pkgfile
+++ b/libxml2/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Depends on:  zlib
 
 name=libxml2
-version=2.7.2
+version=2.7.3
 release=1
 source=(ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/$name-$version.tar.gz)
 
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@ build () {
                 --without-python
     make
     make DESTDIR=$PKG install
-
-    rm -rf $PKG/usr/doc $PKG/usr/share/{doc,gtk-doc}
+    rm -r $PKG/usr/share/{doc,gtk-doc}
 }