diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/172/filelists/libxml2 b/config/rootfiles/core/172/filelists/libxml2
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..242e69fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/172/filelists/libxml2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/libxml2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh
index d4e696fe8..27a06f5b1 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ rm -rvf \
 	/lib/libz.so.1.2.12 \
 	/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.9 \
 	/usr/lib/libunbound.so.8.1.1* \
+	/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.9.* \
 	/usr/libexec/ipsec/scepclient
 
 # Extract files