diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ebdd35db..4ad466e9b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ include_directories(${INCLUDES}
 
 set(CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK LAST)
 
-find_package(EXPAT REQUIRED)
 find_package(Bento4 REQUIRED)
 find_package(Pugixml REQUIRED)
 
@@ -156,9 +155,7 @@ endif()
 
 add_definitions(-DUNICODE -D_UNICODE)
 
-include_directories(${EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                    ${PUGIXML_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-list(APPEND DEPLIBS ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES})
+include_directories(${PUGIXML_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 if(CORE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL ios OR CORE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL darwin_embedded)
   set(BENTOUSESTCFS 1)
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4c4998f92..76079ad52 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ Source: kodi-inputstream-adaptive
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Team Kodi <dummy@kodi.tv>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0), cmake, libgtest-dev,
-               kodi-addon-dev, pkg-config, libexpat1-dev,
-               libpugixml-dev
+               kodi-addon-dev, pkg-config, libpugixml-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Section: libs
 Homepage: https://kodi.tv
diff --git a/depends/common/expat/CMakeLists.txt b/depends/common/expat/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 271e18399..000000000
--- a/depends/common/expat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
-project(expat)
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-if(NOT WIN32 AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/config.sub" AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/config.guess")
-  message(STATUS "Copying autoconf files")
-  file(APPEND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/acpatch.cmake
-               "file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/config.sub ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/config.guess
-               DESTINATION ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/conftools/)\n")
-  set(CP_AUTOCONF ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/acpatch.cmake)
-endif()
-
-externalproject_add(expat
-                    SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-                    PATCH_COMMAND ${CP_AUTOCONF}
-                    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-                    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-                    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure --prefix=${OUTPUT_DIR} --disable-shared
-                                      "CFLAGS=-fPIC")
-
-install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND make install WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})")
diff --git a/depends/common/expat/expat.sha256 b/depends/common/expat/expat.sha256
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d835da7f..000000000
--- a/depends/common/expat/expat.sha256
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-f1063084dc4302a427dabcca499c8312b3a32a29b7d2506653ecc8f950a9a237
diff --git a/depends/common/expat/expat.txt b/depends/common/expat/expat.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e5be5e2f..000000000
--- a/depends/common/expat/expat.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-expat http://mirrors.kodi.tv/build-deps/sources/expat-2.2.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/depends/windows/expat/expat.sha256 b/depends/windows/expat/expat.sha256
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d835da7f..000000000
--- a/depends/windows/expat/expat.sha256
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-f1063084dc4302a427dabcca499c8312b3a32a29b7d2506653ecc8f950a9a237
diff --git a/depends/windows/expat/expat.txt b/depends/windows/expat/expat.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e5be5e2f..000000000
--- a/depends/windows/expat/expat.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-expat http://mirrors.kodi.tv/build-deps/sources/expat-2.2.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/depends/windows/expat/flags.txt b/depends/windows/expat/flags.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c92e4834..000000000
--- a/depends/windows/expat/flags.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX:STRING= -DCMAKE_MINSIZEREL_POSTFIX:STRING= -DCMAKE_RELEASE_POSTFIX:STRING= -DCMAKE_RELWITHDEBINFO_POSTFIX:STRING= -DEXPAT_BUILD_DOCS:BOOL=OFF -DEXPAT_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF -DEXPAT_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF -DEXPAT_BUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=OFF -DEXPAT_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF
diff --git a/depends/windowsstore/expat/expat.sha256 b/depends/windowsstore/expat/expat.sha256
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d835da7f..000000000
--- a/depends/windowsstore/expat/expat.sha256
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-f1063084dc4302a427dabcca499c8312b3a32a29b7d2506653ecc8f950a9a237
diff --git a/depends/windowsstore/expat/expat.txt b/depends/windowsstore/expat/expat.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e5be5e2f..000000000
--- a/depends/windowsstore/expat/expat.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-expat http://mirrors.kodi.tv/build-deps/sources/expat-2.2.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/depends/windowsstore/expat/flags.txt b/depends/windowsstore/expat/flags.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c92e4834..000000000
--- a/depends/windowsstore/expat/flags.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX:STRING= -DCMAKE_MINSIZEREL_POSTFIX:STRING= -DCMAKE_RELEASE_POSTFIX:STRING= -DCMAKE_RELWITHDEBINFO_POSTFIX:STRING= -DEXPAT_BUILD_DOCS:BOOL=OFF -DEXPAT_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF -DEXPAT_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL=OFF -DEXPAT_BUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=OFF -DEXPAT_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 292e13df4..7e9b06256 100644
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ add_executable(${BINARY}
     ../utils/XMLUtils.cpp
     )
 
-target_link_libraries(${BINARY} PRIVATE ${EXPAT_LIBRARIES} ${PUGIXML_LIBRARIES} ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(${BINARY} PRIVATE ${PUGIXML_LIBRARIES} ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 set(TEST_DATA_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/test/manifests")
 add_test(NAME manifest_tests COMMAND ${BINARY} "${TEST_DATA_DIR}")