diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index dfe79cb..c248105 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ BuildRequires:  db-devel
 BuildRequires:  gdbm-devel
 BuildRequires:  libbz2-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
-# For t/op/magic and dist/threads/t/join
-BuildRequires:  procps
+# For t/op/magic and dist/threads/t/join - but because perl is a bootstrap package don't use it
+#BuildRequires:  procps
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 Requires:       perl-base = %{version}