diff --git a/tests/pygmsh.rs b/tests/pygmsh.rs
index 30af7e8..0306880 100644
--- a/tests/pygmsh.rs
+++ b/tests/pygmsh.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ fn legacy_binary() -> Result {
 
 /// Ensures that points from the two given vtk files are equivalent up to floating point error, and then overwrites
 /// the first input to match exactly to the points in the second input, so the can be compared using `PartialEq` later.
+#[cfg(feature = "xml")]
 fn compare_points_in_float_and_overwrite(vtu: &mut Vtk, expected: &Vtk) {
     let expected_points = if let DataSet::UnstructuredGrid { ref pieces, .. } = expected.data {
         pieces[0]
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ fn compare_points_in_float_and_overwrite(vtu: &mut Vtk, expected: &Vtk) {
 
 /// Ensures the given xml based vtk file has the right values and overwrites them to match
 /// the asset returned by make_test_file.
+#[cfg(feature = "xml")]
 fn assert_and_fix_xml_vtu(vtu: &mut Vtk) {
     vtu.file_path = None; // Reset file path to satisfy comparison
     assert_eq!(vtu.version, Version::new_xml(0, 1)); // XML file version is ignored.