diff --git a/templates/helpers/xml-catalogs.sh b/templates/helpers/xml-catalogs.sh
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index 51ebb4c112..0000000000
--- a/templates/helpers/xml-catalogs.sh
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-#
-# This helper registers DTDs and XML/SGML catalogs through the
-# xmlcatmgr application, as done in pkgsrc.
-#
-
-xmlcatmgr_cmd=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/xmlcatmgr
-sgml_catalog=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/share/sgml/catalog
-xml_catalog=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/share/xml/catalog
-
-if [ -x $xmlcatmgr_cmd -a -f $sgml_catalog -a -f $xml_catalog ]; then
-	if [ -n "$sgml_entries" ]; then
-		echo "=> Registering SGML catalogs for \`$pkgname-$version'."
-		set -- ${sgml_entries}
-		while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-			$xmlcatmgr_cmd -sc $sgml_catalog add "$1" "$2" "$3"
-			shift; shift; shift;
-		done
-	fi
-
-	if [ -n "$xml_entries" ]; then
-		echo "=> Registering XML catalogs for \`$pkgname-$version'."
-		set -- ${xml_entries}
-		while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-			$xmlcatmgr_cmd -c $xml_catalog add "$1" "$2" "$3"
-			shift; shift; shift;
-		done
-	fi
-fi
-
-unset xmlcatmgr_cmd sgml_catalog xml_catalog