diff --git a/www/evolution-webcal/Makefile b/www/evolution-webcal/Makefile
index 821796aaf712..240f13068110 100644
--- a/www/evolution-webcal/Makefile
+++ b/www/evolution-webcal/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ USE_X_PREFIX=	yes
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_GETTEXT=	yes
-USE_PERL=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	gnomeprefix gnomehack intlhack evolutiondataserver libgnomeui
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \