diff --git a/perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements.spec b/perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements.spec
index 10e69ef..40c71ae 100644
--- a/perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements.spec
+++ b/perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements
 Version:        2.140
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Set of version requirements for a CPAN dist
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Requires:       perl(version) >= 0.88
 Conflicts:      perl-CPAN-Meta < 2.120921
 
 # Had a six-digit version in a previous life
-%global six_digit_version %(echo %{version} | perl -p -e 's/(.*)/sprintf("%.6f", $1)/e')
+%global six_digit_version %(LC_ALL=C; printf '%.6f' '%{version}')
 
 # Provide the six-digit version of the module
 %if "%{version}" != "%{six_digit_version}"
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ make test TEST_FILES="$(echo $(find xt/ -name '*.t'))"
 %{_mandir}/man3/CPAN::Meta::Requirements.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 22 2016 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 2.140-5
+- Do not use perl to compute Provides version
+
 * Wed May 18 2016 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 2.140-4
 - Perl 5.24 re-rebuild of bootstrapped packages