diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/x2p/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/x2p/Makefile
index 9ec653dabf44..f2b2626ad866 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/x2p/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/x2p/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$Id: Makefile,v 1.13 1998/05/05 05:25:21 bde Exp $
+#	$Id: Makefile,v 1.14 1998/05/12 23:02:14 jb Exp $
 
 PROG= a2p
 
@@ -9,15 +9,6 @@ YFLAGS=
 LDADD= -lm
 DPADD= ${LIBM}
 
-# If perl exists in none of these places, something is horribly wrong.
-.if exists(${.OBJDIR}/../perl/perl)
-PERL=${.OBJDIR}/../perl/perl
-.elif !defined(PERL) && exists(${.CURDIR}/../perl/perl)
-PERL=${.CURDIR}/../perl/perl
-.else
-PERL=	${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/perl
-.endif
-
 MAN1+= a2p.1 s2p.1 h2ph.1
 
 beforeinstall:
@@ -27,7 +18,8 @@ beforeinstall:
 		${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}
 
 afterinstall:
-	(DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}; cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/include; ${PERL} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/h2ph * machine/* sys/*)
+	(DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}; cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/include; \
+	    perl ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/h2ph * machine/* sys/*)
 
 .include "../../Makefile.inc"
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>