diff --git a/libxcrypt.spec b/libxcrypt.spec
index 9a89433..66255fe 100644
--- a/libxcrypt.spec
+++ b/libxcrypt.spec
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  glibc-devel                  >= %{glibc_minver}
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  make
-BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter             >= %{perl_minver}
+BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires:  perl(Class::Struct)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Cwd)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Exporter)
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ done
 %changelog
 * Mon Dec 19 2022 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.33-5
 - Simplify transitional Requires and Obsoletes for legacy packages
+- Drop versioned BR on perl-interpreter
 
 * Tue Dec 13 2022 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.33-4
 - Add upstream patch to improve performance on SHA512 computation