diff --git third_party/libxml/linux/config.h third_party/libxml/linux/config.h
index c064071ce1545..65110af9a78f5 100644
--- third_party/libxml/linux/config.h
+++ third_party/libxml/linux/config.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 /* #undef XML_SOCKLEN_T */
 
 /* TLS specifier */
-#define XML_THREAD_LOCAL _Thread_local
+/* #undef XML_THREAD_LOCAL */
 
 /* Define for Solaris 2.5.1 so the uint32_t typedef from <sys/synch.h>,
    <pthread.h>, or <semaphore.h> is not used. If the typedef were allowed, the