diff --git a/package/c-icap/c-icap.mk b/package/c-icap/c-icap.mk
index 51c0f5fc29..0f42b6cfb1 100644
--- a/package/c-icap/c-icap.mk
+++ b/package/c-icap/c-icap.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ C_ICAP_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = c-icap-config c-icap-libicapapi-config
 C_ICAP_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-process-mutexes=posix \
 	--without-ldap \
+	--without-perl \
 	--enable-large-files \
 	--enable-ipv6
 
@@ -31,13 +32,6 @@ else
 C_ICAP_CONF_OPTS += --without-bzip2
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PERL),y)
-C_ICAP_CONF_OPTS += --with-perl
-C_ICAP_DEPENDENCIES += perl
-else
-C_ICAP_CONF_OPTS += --without-perl
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 C_ICAP_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib
 C_ICAP_DEPENDENCIES += zlib