diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl/template b/srcpkgs/perl/template
index fc0a0dd5348..21c07f3627a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl/template
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=bb7bc735e6813b177dcfccd480defcde7eddefa173b5967eac11babd1bfa98e8
 
+disable_debug=yes
+
 # Before updating this package to a new major version, run ${FILESDIR}/provides.pl
 # against ${wrksrc} to find the list of built in packages.
 _provides="