diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index 93cc7b1e65..301df9f338 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ my %prereqs = qw(
 );
 my %recommends = qw(
     Class::XSAccessor               0
-    XML::SAX::ExpatXS               0
     Test::Harness                   0
 );
 
@@ -130,15 +129,6 @@ EOF
             if $module =~ /^(?:OpenGL|Math::PlanePath|Test::Harness)$/;
         
         push @cmd, "$module~$version";
-        if ($module eq 'XML::SAX::ExpatXS' && $^O eq 'MSWin32') {
-            my $mingw = 'C:\dev\CitrusPerl\mingw64';
-            $mingw = 'C:\dev\CitrusPerl\mingw32' if !-d $mingw;
-            if (!-d $mingw) {
-                print "Could not find the MinGW directory at $mingw; skipping XML::SAX::ExpatXS (only needed for faster parsing of AMF files)\n";
-            } else {
-                push @cmd, sprintf('--configure-args="EXPATLIBPATH=%s\lib EXPATINCPATH=%s\include"', $mingw, $mingw);
-            }
-        }
         my $res = system @cmd;
         if ($res != 0) {
             if (exists $prereqs{$module}) {