diff -up XML-LibXML-2.0208/Makefile.PL.orig XML-LibXML-2.0208/Makefile.PL
--- XML-LibXML-2.0208/Makefile.PL.orig	2022-09-30 09:47:44.807934522 +0200
+++ XML-LibXML-2.0208/Makefile.PL	2022-09-30 09:49:19.192599793 +0200
@@ -17,15 +17,31 @@ use warnings;
 
 require 5.008001;
 
-use Alien::Base::Wrapper qw( Alien::Libxml2 );
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 use Config;
 
 my $SKIP_SAX_INSTALL = $ENV{SKIP_SAX_INSTALL};
 
+my $libs = '';
+my $inc  = '';
+if (`xml2-config --modules 2>/dev/null`) {
+  $libs = `xml2-config --libs 2>/dev/null`;
+  $inc  = `xml2-config --cflags 2>/dev/null`;
+}
+elsif (`pkg-config --modversion libcrypto 2>/dev/null`) {
+  $libs = `pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0 2>/dev/null`;
+  $inc  = `pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0 2>/dev/null`;
+}
+
+$libs =~ s/[\r\n]+/ /g;
+$inc  =~ s/[\r\n]+/ /g;
+
+die "Could not determine location of libxml2 libs."
+  unless $libs =~ /^-/;
+die "Could not determine location of libxml2 headers."
+  unless $inc =~ /^-/;
+
 my %ConfigReqs = (
-  "Alien::Libxml2" => '0.14',
-  "Alien::Base::Wrapper" => 0,
   "Config" => 0,
   "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" => 0,
 );
@@ -68,15 +84,12 @@ my %prereqs = (
   "warnings" => 0,
 );
 
-my %xsbuild_concat = (
+my %xsbuild = (
   DEFINE  => '-DHAVE_UTF8',
   OBJECT  => '$(O_FILES)',
+  LIBS    => $libs,
+  INC     => $inc,
 );
-my %xsbuild = Alien::Base::Wrapper->mm_args;  # Might contain a definition of DEFINE, must thus concatenate.
-while (my ($k, $v) = each %xsbuild_concat) {
-  my $base_val = $xsbuild{$k};
-  $xsbuild{$k} = (defined($base_val) ? ($base_val . ' ' . $v) : $v);
-}
 
 my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
   "NAME" => "XML::LibXML",