diff --git a/modules/lang/data/config.el b/modules/lang/data/config.el
index 24498563e..d0777a910 100644
--- a/modules/lang/data/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/data/config.el
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
         nxml-auto-insert-xml-declaration-flag t)
   (set-company-backend! 'nxml-mode '(company-nxml company-yasnippet))
   (setq-hook! 'nxml-mode-hook tab-width nxml-child-indent)
-  (when (executable-find "xmllint")
-    (set-formatter! 'xmllint '("xmllint" "--format" "-") :modes '(nxml-mode))))
+  (set-formatter! 'xmllint '("xmllint" "--format" "-") :modes '(nxml-mode)))
 
 
 ;;;###package csv-mode