From 89cf4e816e678bc1c8eb490f576c8aeae8b4cd36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Nibbelink <bnibbs@vt.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:27:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] do not require libxml++

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f29e8af70..2aeb0c8c7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,15 +70,6 @@ IF(NOT CYCLUS_DOC_ONLY)
     # Include macros installed with cyclus core
     INCLUDE(UseCyclus)
 
-    # Find LibXML++ and dependencies
-    pkg_check_modules(LIBXMLXX IMPORTED_TARGET libxml++-4.0)
-    IF ( NOT LIBXMLXX_FOUND )
-       pkg_check_modules(LIBXMLXX REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libxml++-2.6)
-    ENDIF ( NOT LIBXMLXX_FOUND )
-    SET(LIBS ${LIBS} PkgConfig::LIBXMLXX)
-    message("-- LibXML++ Include Dir: ${LIBXMLXX_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-    message("-- LibXML++ Librarires: ${LIBXMLXX_LIBRARIES}")
-
     # Include the boost header files and the program_options library
     # Please be sure to use Boost rather than BOOST.
     # Capitalization matters on some platforms

From 9738613fe25da25f0ec3728fe1b28d88ba11802e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Nibbelink <bnibbs@vt.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:42:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update CHANGELOG

---
 CHANGELOG.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 402eac744..e235196fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Since last release
 **Removed:**
 
 * Removed references to deprecated ``ResourceBuff`` class (#604)
+* Removed ``Libxml++`` from build requirements (#634)
 
 
 v1.6.0