--- coreutils-8.21.orig/man/local.mk	2013-02-05 15:01:21.000000000 +0100
+++ coreutils-8.21/man/local.mk	2013-11-04 20:32:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@
 
 EXTRA_DIST += man/help2man man/dummy-man
 
-## Graceful degradation for systems lacking perl.
-if HAVE_PERL
-run_help2man = $(PERL) -- $(srcdir)/man/help2man
-else
 run_help2man = $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/man/dummy-man
-endif
 
 man1_MANS = @man1_MANS@
 EXTRA_DIST += $(man1_MANS:.1=.x)
