diff --git a/SAX2.c b/SAX2.c
index 3f5624d1..4f2c8dc3 100644
--- a/SAX2.c
+++ b/SAX2.c
@@ -1673,6 +1673,18 @@ xmlSAX2EndElement(void *ctx, const xmlChar *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
      */
     nodePop(ctxt);
 }
+#else /* LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED || LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED || LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED */
+/** DOC_DISABLE */
+void
+xmlSAX2StartElement(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                    const xmlChar *fullname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                    const xmlChar **atts ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+}
+void
+xmlSAX2EndElement(void *ctx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  const xmlChar *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+}
+/** DOC_ENABLE */
 #endif /* LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED || LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED || LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED */
 
 /*
diff --git a/doc/libxml2-api.xml b/doc/libxml2-api.xml
index 8ca5bff0..7df8b9dc 100644
--- a/doc/libxml2-api.xml
+++ b/doc/libxml2-api.xml
@@ -13050,7 +13050,6 @@ Could we use @subtypes for this?'/>
       <arg name='ctx' type='void *' info='the user data (XML parser context)'/>
     </function>
     <function name='xmlSAX2EndElement' file='SAX2' module='SAX2'>
-      <cond>defined(LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_WRITER_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED)</cond>
       <info>called when the end of an element has been detected.</info>
       <return type='void'/>
       <arg name='ctx' type='void *' info='the user data (XML parser context)'/>
@@ -13196,7 +13195,6 @@ Could we use @subtypes for this?'/>
       <arg name='ctx' type='void *' info='the user data (XML parser context)'/>
     </function>
     <function name='xmlSAX2StartElement' file='SAX2' module='SAX2'>
-      <cond>defined(LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_WRITER_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED)</cond>
       <info>called when an opening tag has been processed.</info>
       <return type='void'/>
       <arg name='ctx' type='void *' info='the user data (XML parser context)'/>
diff --git a/include/libxml/SAX2.h b/include/libxml/SAX2.h
index 4c4ecce8..52e3ef42 100644
--- a/include/libxml/SAX2.h
+++ b/include/libxml/SAX2.h
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ XMLPUBFUN void
 		xmlSAX2StartDocument		(void *ctx);
 XMLPUBFUN void
 		xmlSAX2EndDocument		(void *ctx);
-#if defined(LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED) || \
-    defined(LIBXML_WRITER_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED)
 XMLPUBFUN void
 		xmlSAX2StartElement		(void *ctx,
 						 const xmlChar *fullname,
@@ -104,7 +102,6 @@ XMLPUBFUN void
 XMLPUBFUN void
 		xmlSAX2EndElement		(void *ctx,
 						 const xmlChar *name);
-#endif /* LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED or LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED or LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED */
 XMLPUBFUN void
 		xmlSAX2StartElementNs		(void *ctx,
 						 const xmlChar *localname,
diff --git a/testapi.c b/testapi.c
index afb4affa..401d0283 100644
--- a/testapi.c
+++ b/testapi.c
@@ -4191,7 +4191,6 @@ static int
 test_xmlSAX2EndElement(void) {
     int test_ret = 0;
 
-#if defined(LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_WRITER_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED)
 #ifdef LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED
     int mem_base;
     void * ctx; /* the user data (XML parser context) */
@@ -4221,7 +4220,6 @@ test_xmlSAX2EndElement(void) {
     }
     }
     function_tests++;
-#endif
 #endif
 
     return(test_ret);
@@ -5121,7 +5119,6 @@ static int
 test_xmlSAX2StartElement(void) {
     int test_ret = 0;
 
-#if defined(LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_HTML_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_WRITER_ENABLED) || defined(LIBXML_LEGACY_ENABLED)
 #ifdef LIBXML_SAX1_ENABLED
     int mem_base;
     void * ctx; /* the user data (XML parser context) */
@@ -5158,7 +5155,6 @@ test_xmlSAX2StartElement(void) {
     }
     }
     function_tests++;
-#endif
 #endif
 
     return(test_ret);