diff --git a/perl-File-DesktopEntry.changes b/perl-File-DesktopEntry.changes
index 03e54a9..bba0346 100644
--- a/perl-File-DesktopEntry.changes
+++ b/perl-File-DesktopEntry.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 15:41:45 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jun 26 00:05:23 UTC 2010 - jw@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-File-DesktopEntry.spec b/perl-File-DesktopEntry.spec
index 6394728..07b423e 100644
--- a/perl-File-DesktopEntry.spec
+++ b/perl-File-DesktopEntry.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Summary:    Object to handle .desktop files
 Source:     http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/P/PA/PARDUS/File-DesktopEntry/File-DesktopEntry-%{version}.tar.gz
 Url:        http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-DesktopEntry
 BuildRoot:  %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-Requires:  perl = %(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version)
 BuildArch:  noarch
 BuildRequires: perl(Carp)
 BuildRequires: perl(File::BaseDir) >= 0.03
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ BuildRequires: perl(File::Spec)
 BuildRequires: perl(Module::Build) >= 0.24
 BuildRequires: perl(Module::Build::Compat)
 BuildRequires: perl(Test::More)
+%{perl_requires}
 
 
 %description