diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4251595..0730d5d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(HEADER_FILES
     misc/dialogutils.h
     misc/desktoputils.h
     misc/xmlparsermacros.h
+    misc/undefxmlparsermacros.h
     models/checklistmodel.h
     resources/qtconfigarguments.h
     resources/resources.h
diff --git a/misc/undefxmlparsermacros.h b/misc/undefxmlparsermacros.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1f5467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/undefxmlparsermacros.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*!
+ * \file undefxmlparsermacros.h
+ * \brief Undefines macros to utilize XML parsing using QXmlStreamReader.
+ * \sa For an example, see dbquery.cpp of the tageditor project.
+ */
+
+#ifdef iftag
+# undef iftag
+#endif
+#ifdef eliftag
+# undef eliftag
+#endif
+#ifdef else_skip
+# undef else_skip
+#endif
+#ifdef children
+# undef children
+#endif
+#ifdef text
+# undef text
+#endif
+#ifdef attribute
+# undef attribute
+#endif
diff --git a/misc/xmlparsermacros.h b/misc/xmlparsermacros.h
index c8f9ad6..561de16 100644
--- a/misc/xmlparsermacros.h
+++ b/misc/xmlparsermacros.h
@@ -1,41 +1,15 @@
-#include <QXmlStreamReader>
-
 /*!
  * \file xmlparsermacros.h
  * \brief Macros to utilize XML parsing using QXmlStreamReader.
  * \sa For an example, see dbquery.cpp of the tageditor project.
  */
 
-#ifndef xmlReader
-# error "xmlReader must be defined to use these macros."
-#endif
+// ensure there are no conflicting macros defined
+#include "./undefxmlparsermacros.h"
 
-#ifdef iftag
-# undef iftag
-#endif
 #define iftag(tagName) if(xmlReader.name() == QLatin1String(tagName))
-
-#ifdef eliftag
-# undef eliftag
-#endif
 #define eliftag(tagName) else if(xmlReader.name() == QLatin1String(tagName))
-
-#ifdef else_skip
-# undef else_skip
-#endif
 #define else_skip else { xmlReader.skipCurrentElement(); }
-
-#ifdef children
-# undef children
-#endif
 #define children while(xmlReader.readNextStartElement())
-
-#ifdef text
-# undef text
-#endif
 #define text xmlReader.readElementText(QXmlStreamReader::ErrorOnUnexpectedElement)
-
-#ifdef attribute
-# undef attribute
-#endif
 #define attribute(attributeName) xmlReader.attributes().value(QLatin1String(attributeName))
diff --git a/qtutilities.pro b/qtutilities.pro
index d059c4e..0a40e87 100644
--- a/qtutilities.pro
+++ b/qtutilities.pro
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ HEADERS += \
     resources/qtconfigarguments.h \
     misc/dialogutils.h \
     misc/desktoputils.h \
-    misc/xmlparsermacros.h
+    misc/xmlparsermacros.h \
+    misc/undefxmlparsermacros.h
 
 SOURCES += resources/resources.cpp \
     models/checklistmodel.cpp \