diff -ur autoconf-2.65.orig/configure autoconf-2.65/configure
--- autoconf-2.65.orig/configure	2009-11-22 00:29:10.000000000 +1030
+++ autoconf-2.65/configure	2010-11-30 15:53:46.000000000 +1030
@@ -2504,9 +2504,6 @@
 if test "$PERL" = no; then
   as_fn_error "perl is not found" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
-$PERL -e 'require 5.005_03;' || {
-   as_fn_error "Perl 5.005_03 or better is required" "$LINENO" 5
-}
 
 # Find out whether the system supports flock
 # Note this test does not try to find out whether it works with this
diff -ur autoconf-2.65.orig/configure.ac autoconf-2.65/configure.ac
--- autoconf-2.65.orig/configure.ac	2009-10-29 12:23:41.000000000 +1030
+++ autoconf-2.65/configure.ac	2010-11-30 15:53:04.000000000 +1030
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@
 if test "$PERL" = no; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([perl is not found])
 fi
-$PERL -e 'require 5.005_03;' || {
-   AC_MSG_ERROR([Perl 5.005_03 or better is required])
-}
 
 # Find out whether the system supports flock
 # Note this test does not try to find out whether it works with this