diff --git a/src/util/meson.build b/src/util/meson.build
index 359475b6fe0dc..43e5e39efde72 100644
--- a/src/util/meson.build
+++ b/src/util/meson.build
@@ -288,7 +288,10 @@ idep_mesautil = declare_dependency(
 
 xmlconfig_deps = []
 if not (with_platform_android or with_platform_windows)
+  c_xmlconfig_arg = '-DWITH_XMLCONFIG=1'
   xmlconfig_deps += dep_expat
+else
+  c_xmlconfig_arg = '-DWITH_XMLCONFIG=0'
 endif
 xmlconfig_deps += dep_regex
 
@@ -299,6 +302,7 @@ _libxmlconfig = static_library(
   dependencies : [idep_mesautil, dep_m, xmlconfig_deps],
   c_args : [
     c_msvc_compat_args,
+    c_xmlconfig_arg,
     '-DSYSCONFDIR="@0@"'.format(
       join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir'))
     ),
@@ -328,7 +332,7 @@ if with_tests
         include_directories : [inc_include, inc_src],
         dependencies : [idep_mesautil, idep_xmlconfig, idep_gtest],
         override_options : ['cpp_std=c++2a'],
-        cpp_args: ['-Wno-write-strings']
+        cpp_args: ['-Wno-write-strings', c_xmlconfig_arg]
       ),
       suite : ['util'],
       env: ['HOME=' + join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(),
diff --git a/src/util/xmlconfig.h b/src/util/xmlconfig.h
index 1b2daf857f535..dc219c9f89a0e 100644
--- a/src/util/xmlconfig.h
+++ b/src/util/xmlconfig.h
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#if defined(ANDROID) || defined(_WIN32)
-#define WITH_XMLCONFIG 0
-#else
-#define WITH_XMLCONFIG 1
-#endif
-
 #define STRING_CONF_MAXLEN 1024
 
 /** \brief Option data types */