diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bd7511e59d..3e222aa642 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-05-15  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c:
+	(gst_sub_parse_data_format_autodetect):
+	  Don't use libxml functions in the typefinding code.
+
 2006-05-15  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* ext/ogg/gstoggdemux.c: (gst_ogg_pad_submit_packet):
diff --git a/gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c b/gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c
index 4b7d1150d8..7fc028112c 100644
--- a/gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c
+++ b/gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c
@@ -626,7 +626,8 @@ gst_sub_parse_data_format_autodetect (gchar * match_str)
     GST_LOG ("MPSub (time based) format detected");
     return GST_SUB_PARSE_FORMAT_MPSUB;
   }
-  if (xmlStrcasestr ((const xmlChar *) match_str, (xmlChar *) "<SAMI>")) {
+  if (strstr (match_str, "<SAMI>") != NULL ||
+      strstr (match_str, "<sami>") != NULL) {
     GST_LOG ("SAMI (time based) format detected");
     return GST_SUB_PARSE_FORMAT_SAMI;
   }