diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c58c6d66..910dbf72 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -360,7 +360,5 @@ src/inodedb/Makefile
 lib/Makefile
 guile/Makefile
 examples/Makefile
-perl/Makefile.PL
-perl/Names/Makefile.PL
 support/Makefile
 macros/Makefile],[sed -e "/POTFILES =/r po/POTFILES" po/Makefile.in > po/Makefile])