diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b2c0e054b7f..a0789b8f9b9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ include (GNUInstallDirs)
 
 include (cmake/find/cyrus-sasl.cmake)
 include (cmake/find/llvm.cmake)
-include (cmake/find/libxml2.cmake)
 include (cmake/find/curl.cmake)
 include (cmake/find/s3.cmake)
 include (cmake/find/nlp.cmake)
diff --git a/cmake/find/libxml2.cmake b/cmake/find/libxml2.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index e9fe7780d39..00000000000
--- a/cmake/find/libxml2.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-option (USE_INTERNAL_LIBXML2_LIBRARY "Set to FALSE to use system libxml2 library instead of bundled" ON)
-
-if (NOT EXISTS "${ClickHouse_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/libxml2/libxml.h")
-    if (USE_INTERNAL_LIBXML2_LIBRARY)
-        message (WARNING "submodule contrib/libxml2 is missing. to fix try run: \n git submodule update --init")
-        message (${RECONFIGURE_MESSAGE_LEVEL} "Can't find internal libxml")
-        set (USE_INTERNAL_LIBXML2_LIBRARY 0)
-    endif ()
-    set (MISSING_INTERNAL_LIBXML2_LIBRARY 1)
-endif ()
-
-if (NOT USE_INTERNAL_LIBXML2_LIBRARY)
-    find_package (LibXml2)
-    #find_library (LIBXML2_LIBRARY libxml2)
-    #find_path (LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES libxml.h PATHS ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_PATHS})
-
-    if (NOT LIBXML2_LIBRARY OR NOT LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR)
-        message (${RECONFIGURE_MESSAGE_LEVEL} "Can't find system libxml2")
-    endif ()
-
-    if (USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES)
-        find_package(LibLZMA)
-        set (LIBXML2_LIBRARIES ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES})
-    endif ()
-endif ()
-
-if (LIBXML2_LIBRARY AND LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR)
-elseif (NOT MISSING_INTERNAL_LIBXML2_LIBRARY)
-    set (LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR ${ClickHouse_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/libxml2/include ${ClickHouse_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/libxml2-cmake/linux_x86_64/include)
-    set (USE_INTERNAL_LIBXML2_LIBRARY 1)
-    set (LIBXML2_LIBRARIES libxml2)
-endif ()
-
-message (STATUS "Using libxml2: ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR} : ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES}")
diff --git a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
index 2621db9ae9a..287f6f87046 100644
--- a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,10 +111,7 @@ if (USE_EMBEDDED_COMPILER)
 endif ()
 
 add_subdirectory(libgsasl-cmake)
-
-if (USE_INTERNAL_LIBXML2_LIBRARY)
-    add_subdirectory(libxml2-cmake)
-endif ()
+add_subdirectory(libxml2-cmake)
 
 if (USE_INTERNAL_AWS_S3_LIBRARY)
     add_subdirectory(aws-s3-cmake)
diff --git a/contrib/azure-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/azure-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index a9edad30b50..d914732956a 100644
--- a/contrib/azure-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/azure-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if (CURL_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(_azure_sdk PRIVATE ${CURL_LIBRARY})
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(_azure_sdk PRIVATE ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(_azure_sdk PRIVATE ch_contrib::libxml2)
 
 target_include_directories(_azure_sdk SYSTEM BEFORE PUBLIC ${AZURE_SDK_INCLUDES})
 
diff --git a/contrib/libhdfs3-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/libhdfs3-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index f09702e47a3..180751f21d8 100644
--- a/contrib/libhdfs3-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/libhdfs3-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,15 +113,13 @@ target_include_directories(_hdfs3 PRIVATE ${HDFS3_SOURCE_DIR})
 target_include_directories(_hdfs3 PRIVATE ${HDFS3_COMMON_DIR})
 target_include_directories(_hdfs3 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
-target_include_directories(_hdfs3 PRIVATE ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR})
-
 target_include_directories(_hdfs3 SYSTEM BEFORE INTERFACE "${ClickHouse_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/libhdfs3/include")
 
 target_link_libraries(_hdfs3 PRIVATE ch_contrib::gsasl)
 if (WITH_KERBEROS)
     target_link_libraries(_hdfs3 PRIVATE ch_contrib::krb5)
 endif()
-target_link_libraries(_hdfs3 PRIVATE ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(_hdfs3 PRIVATE ch_contrib::libxml2)
 
 # inherit from parent cmake
 target_link_libraries(_hdfs3 PRIVATE ch_contrib::protobuf boost::headers_only)
diff --git a/contrib/libxml2-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/libxml2-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 48bf87e71f6..2db16cf53e7 100644
--- a/contrib/libxml2-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/libxml2-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,5 +57,7 @@ if(M_LIBRARY)
     target_link_libraries(libxml2 PRIVATE ${M_LIBRARY})
 endif()
 
-target_include_directories(libxml2 PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/linux_x86_64/include")
-target_include_directories(libxml2 PUBLIC "${LIBXML2_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+target_include_directories(libxml2 BEFORE PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/linux_x86_64/include")
+target_include_directories(libxml2 BEFORE PUBLIC "${LIBXML2_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+
+add_library(ch_contrib::libxml2 ALIAS libxml2)