diff --git a/templates/grep.tmpl b/templates/grep.tmpl
index b0206ec7fbf..e8e8abfd1af 100644
--- a/templates/grep.tmpl
+++ b/templates/grep.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=grep
 version=2.5.3
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/$pkgname-$version@.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_args="--bindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin"
+configure_args="--bindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin
+ --disable-perl-regexp"
 short_desc="The GNU grep utility"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=d22dd8d626e557271aa555e7a06884a0114968845400ce1e7ab6f82b1f44b8fd
@@ -14,5 +15,5 @@ long_desc="
  full regexp matcher without necessarily having to look at every character.
  The result is typically many times faster than Unix grep or egrep."
 
-build_depends="texinfo-4.13a pcre-7.8"
-run_depends="glibc-2.8 pcre-7.9"
+build_depends="texinfo-4.13a"
+run_depends="glibc-2.8"