diff --git a/src/xml_parser_internal.h b/src/xml_parser_internal.h
index 272b81dd..1081570f 100644
--- a/src/xml_parser_internal.h
+++ b/src/xml_parser_internal.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "repomd.h"
 #include "updateinfo.h"
 
-#define XML_BUFFER_SIZE         8192
+#define XML_BUFFER_SIZE         80
 #define CONTENT_REALLOC_STEP    256
 
 /* Some notes about XML parsing (primary, filelists[_ext], other)