diff --git a/open-vm-tools.spec b/open-vm-tools.spec
index a097eac..0b410c9 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.spec
+++ b/open-vm-tools.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 Name:             open-vm-tools
 Version:          %{toolsversion}
-Release:          6%{?dist}
+Release:          5%{?dist}
 Summary:          Open Virtual Machine Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware
 Group:            Applications/System
 License:          GPLv2
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ Requires:         coreutils
 Requires:         fuse
 Requires:         net-tools
 Requires:         grep
-Requires:         perl
 Requires:         pciutils
 Requires:         sed
 Requires:         systemd
@@ -301,10 +300,6 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/libvmtools.so
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Nov 03 2016 Simone Caronni <negativo17@gmail.com> - 10.0.5-6
-- DeployPkg requires perl to run, otherwise guest customizations will fail.
-  VMWare tools packages include the dependency.
-
 * Wed Oct 26 2016 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 10.0.5-5
 - vm-support script needs lspci from pciutils (RHBZ#1388766).