diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
index c0065f13370..7311e4885e7 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
   <listitem><para>A version of GCC or Clang that supports C++11.</para></listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para>Perl 5.8 or higher.</para></listitem>
-
   <listitem><para><command>pkg-config</command> to locate
   dependencies.  If your distribution does not provide it, you can get
   it from <link
@@ -34,11 +32,6 @@
   or higher.  If your distribution does not provide it, please install
   it from <link xlink:href="http://www.sqlite.org/" />.</para></listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para>The Perl DBI, DBD::SQLite, and WWW::Curl libraries, which are
-  available from <link
-  xlink:href="http://search.cpan.org/">CPAN</link> if your
-  distribution does not provide them.</para></listitem>
-
   <listitem><para>The <link
   xlink:href="http://www.hboehm.info/gc/">Boehm
   garbage collector</link> to reduce the evaluator’s memory