diff --git a/runtest.c b/runtest.c
index aa586100..d06ec83e 100644
--- a/runtest.c
+++ b/runtest.c
@@ -3389,9 +3389,11 @@ static int urip_rlen;
  */
 static int
 uripMatch(const char * URI) {
+#ifdef LIBXML_CATALOG_ENABLED
     if ((URI == NULL) ||
         (!strcmp(URI, "file://" XML_SYSCONFDIR "/xml/catalog")))
         return(0);
+#endif
     /* Verify we received the escaped URL */
     if (strcmp(urip_rcvsURLs[urip_current], URI))
 	urip_success = 0;
@@ -3409,9 +3411,11 @@ uripMatch(const char * URI) {
  */
 static void *
 uripOpen(const char * URI) {
+#ifdef LIBXML_CATALOG_ENABLED
     if ((URI == NULL) ||
         (!strcmp(URI, "file://" XML_SYSCONFDIR "/xml/catalog")))
         return(NULL);
+#endif
     /* Verify we received the escaped URL */
     if (strcmp(urip_rcvsURLs[urip_current], URI))
 	urip_success = 0;
diff --git a/xmllint.c b/xmllint.c
index d1aa7bcd..4140fe07 100644
--- a/xmllint.c
+++ b/xmllint.c
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@
   #define ERR_STREAM stderr
 #endif
 
-#ifndef XML_XML_DEFAULT_CATALOG
-#define XML_XML_DEFAULT_CATALOG "file://" XML_SYSCONFDIR "/xml/catalog"
-#endif
-
 #ifndef STDIN_FILENO
   #define STDIN_FILENO 0
 #endif
@@ -2709,7 +2705,8 @@ static void usage(FILE *f, const char *name) {
 #ifdef LIBXML_CATALOG_ENABLED
     fprintf(f, "\t--catalogs : use SGML catalogs from $SGML_CATALOG_FILES\n");
     fprintf(f, "\t             otherwise XML Catalogs starting from \n");
-    fprintf(f, "\t         %s are activated by default\n", XML_XML_DEFAULT_CATALOG);
+    fprintf(f, "\t         file://" XML_SYSCONFDIR "/xml/catalog "
+            "are activated by default\n");
     fprintf(f, "\t--nocatalogs: deactivate all catalogs\n");
 #endif
     fprintf(f, "\t--auto : generate a small doc on the fly\n");