diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d248c93602f6..02b00df5b0ee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8038,7 +8038,7 @@ if test "$with_system_libxml" = "yes"; then
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBEXSLT, libexslt)
         LIBEXSLT_CFLAGS=$(printf '%s' "$LIBEXSLT_CFLAGS" | sed -e "s/-I/${ISYSTEM?}/g")
         FilterLibs "${LIBEXSLT_LIBS}"
-        LIBEXSLT_LIBS="${filteredlibs}"
+        LIBEXSLT_LIBS=$(printf '%s' "${filteredlibs}" | sed -e "s/-lgpg-error//"  -e "s/-lgcrypt//")
     fi
 
     dnl Check for xsltproc