diff --git a/perl/lib/Nix/Store.pm b/perl/lib/Nix/Store.pm
index d5fc6eec590e0824b9bae4d33ccfb1c5fc25213e..126831105a665b78af4f91f8ea858ed5b57aae9a 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Nix/Store.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Nix/Store.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package Nix::Store;
 
-use 5.010001;
 use strict;
 use warnings;