diff --git a/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass b/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
index eaba40a06f..5b0ad61b4c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cpan_build.bbclass
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ cpan_build_do_configure () {
 
 	perl Build.PL --installdirs vendor \
 				--destdir ${D} \
-				--install_path lib="${datadir}/perl" \
 				--install_path arch="${libdir}/perl" \
 				--install_path script=${bindir} \
 				--install_path bin=${bindir} \