diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/CHANGELOG.md
index ad804eadb3..592642c932 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@
 
 ### Features Added
 
+- Removed unnecessary dependencies on non-Windows platforms. (A community contribution, courtesy of _[teo-tsirpanis](https://github.com/teo-tsirpanis)_)
+
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
 ### Other Changes
 
+### Acknowledgments
+
+Thank you to our developer community members who helped to make Azure Storage better with their contributions to this release:
+
+- Theodore Tsirpanis _([GitHub](https://github.com/teo-tsirpanis))_
+
 ## 12.5.0 (2023-11-07)
 
 ### Features Added
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg.json b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg.json
index 624ed9925c..fe8c4cadf6 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "azure-core-cpp",
     {
       "name": "libxml2",
+      "default-features": false,
       "platform": "!windows"
     },
     {
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index e52ffb5c4b..5389bf0527 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "libxml2",
+      "default-features": false,
       "platform": "!windows"
     },
     {
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index cc5c112b98..3f796f2547 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "libxml2",
+      "default-features": false,
       "platform": "!windows & !uwp"
     },
     {