diff --git a/texinfo.spec b/texinfo.spec
index 9421daa..3ede5b6 100644
--- a/texinfo.spec
+++ b/texinfo.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Patch1: texinfo-6.0-disable-failing-info-test.patch
 Patch2: texinfo-6.1-install-info-use-create-tmp-then-rename-pattern.patch
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
 Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
-Requires: perl-interpreter >= 5.7.3
 BuildRequires: perl-generators
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel, ncurses-devel, help2man, perl(Data::Dumper)
 BuildRequires: perl(Locale::Messages), perl(Unicode::EastAsianWidth), perl(Text::Unidecode)