diff --git a/common b/common
index 59ed682198..49b94b4d92 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 59ed6821982c4f5f989b1a635e34dc782d0a8e32
+Subproject commit 49b94b4d92a9621d42aa6c80bd720e2abc747fe4
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a73c2d60ab..b1b09de250 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -135,23 +135,7 @@ LIBXML2_REQ="2.4.0"
 AC_SUBST(LIBXML2_REQ)
 
 dnl check for libxml2
-LIBXML_PKG=', libxml-2.0'
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XML, libxml-2.0 >= $LIBXML2_REQ, HAVE_LIBXML2=yes, HAVE_LIBXML2=no)
-if test "x$HAVE_LIBXML2" = "xyes"; then
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBXML2, 1, [Define if libxml2 is available])
-else
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([Need libxml2 for glib2 builds -- you should be able to do without it -- this needs fixing])
-fi
-AC_SUBST(LIBXML_PKG)
-AC_SUBST(XML_LIBS)
-AC_SUBST(XML_CFLAGS)
-dnl XML_LIBS might pull in -lz without zlib actually being on the system, so
-dnl try if you can compile with these LIBS
-if test "x$HAVE_LIBXML2" = "xyes"; then
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(xml2, xmlNewDoc, [],
-               [AC_MSG_ERROR([You might be missing zlib development stuff])],
-               $XML_LIBS)
-fi
+GST_LIBXML2_CHECK()
 
 dnl popt checks
 GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER(POPT, popt, poptStrippedArgv,, popt.h, POPT_LIBS="-lpopt",