diff --git a/texinfo.changes b/texinfo.changes
index 729b930..baf7572 100644
--- a/texinfo.changes
+++ b/texinfo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  9 07:20:30 UTC 2017 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Avoid also provide libtool() on texinfo specific perl linkage
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct  7 12:35:18 UTC 2017 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- Drop require on perl(Locale::Messages) as long as we bundle
+  perl-libintl-perl (the system one leaves tests failing)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct  7 08:31:43 UTC 2017 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- Do not provide perl() - the modules are not globally available
+  (bsc#1062028)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  4 08:41:08 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Change perl requires to be exactly the perl version makeinfo was
+  built against. We ship a perl loadable module which is hard
+  linked to the right version.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 12 12:48:12 UTC 2017 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/texinfo.spec b/texinfo.spec
index bd1d364..a62e913 100644
--- a/texinfo.spec
+++ b/texinfo.spec
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ Requires(preun): %{install_info_prereq}
 Recommends:     texi2html
 Recommends:     texi2roff
 
+# perl modules are not installed in global path
+%global __provides_exclude ^(libtool|perl)\\(
+
 %description
 Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to
 produce both online information and printed output.  Using Texinfo, you
@@ -76,9 +79,7 @@ reader" to read the manuals.
 %package     -n makeinfo
 Summary:        Translate Texinfo documents to info format
 Group:          Productivity/Publishing/Texinfo
-Requires:       perl
-# /usr/share/texinfo/Texinfo/Report.pm uses Locale::Messages
-Requires:       perl(Locale::Messages)
+%requires_eq    perl
 # /usr/share/texinfo/Texinfo/Convert/NodeNameNormalization.pm uses Text::Unidecode
 Requires:       perl(Text::Unidecode)
 Suggests:       texinfo
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ or standalone GNU Info.
 %patch1 -p1
 
 %build
+LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
+export LANG
 %configure \
 	--with-external-Text-Unidecode \
 	--enable-perl-xs
@@ -123,6 +126,8 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE10} %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/dir
 %find_lang %{name}_document %{name}_document.lang
 
 %check
+LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
+export LANG
 make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 
 %post