diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index de0a02ec5b..002c0a579f 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ iconv support use --disable-iconv.",
         'name': '--libarchive',
         'desc': 'libarchive wrapper for reading zip files and more',
         'func': check_pkg_config('libarchive >= 3.0.0'),
-        'default': 'disable',
     }
 ]