diff --git a/include/pdal/XMLSchema.hpp b/include/pdal/XMLSchema.hpp
index 4d36ec0c67..5133f281b9 100644
--- a/include/pdal/XMLSchema.hpp
+++ b/include/pdal/XMLSchema.hpp
@@ -153,12 +153,13 @@ class PDAL_DLL Reader
 
     Reader& operator=(const Reader&); // not implemented
     Reader(const Reader&); // not implemented;
+
+#ifdef PDAL_HAVE_LIBXML2
     pdal::Metadata LoadMetadata(xmlNode* node);
     
 
     std::string remapOldNames(std::string const& input);
 
-#ifdef PDAL_HAVE_LIBXML2
     DocPtr m_doc;
     DocPtr m_schema_doc;
 
diff --git a/src/XMLSchema.cpp b/src/XMLSchema.cpp
index 4267a2fc4f..295c053c25 100644
--- a/src/XMLSchema.cpp
+++ b/src/XMLSchema.cpp
@@ -404,12 +404,12 @@ std::string Reader::remapOldNames(std::string const& input)
     return input;
 }
 
+#ifdef PDAL_HAVE_LIBXML2
 pdal::Metadata Reader::LoadMetadata(xmlNode* startNode)
 {
 
     pdal::Metadata output;
 
-#ifdef PDAL_HAVE_LIBXML2
 
     xmlNode* node = startNode;
 
@@ -461,9 +461,9 @@ pdal::Metadata Reader::LoadMetadata(xmlNode* startNode)
         else
             node = node->next;
     }
-#endif
     return output;
 }
+#endif
 
 void Reader::Load()
 {