diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index 2974cc9..ba3ebd8 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Wed Jul 19 14:34:43 CEST 2023 - mls@suse.de
   * utf8::upgrade() keeps the undef value
   * deprecation of ' as package name separator
   * deprecation of the smart match operator
+  * PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV is now the default
 - Rebase perl-5.36.1.diff to perl-5.38.0.diff
 
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diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index a269103..8a09a9c 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ for v in %{?versionlist} ; do
 done
 test -n "$versionlist" || versionlist=none
 versionlist=${versionlist# }
-# always use glibc's setenv
-options="$options -Accflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV'"
 options="$options -Dotherlibdirs=/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl -Dinc_version_list='$versionlist'"
 chmod 755 ./configure.gnu
 ./configure.gnu --prefix=%{_prefix} -Dvendorprefix=%{_prefix} -Dinstallusrbinperl -Dusethreads -Di_db -Di_dbm -Di_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Dd_dbm_open -Duseshrplib=\'true\' $options