diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
index cd6d61356ba1..7311e4885e74 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
A version of GCC or Clang that supports C++11.
- Perl 5.8 or higher.
-
pkg-config to locate
dependencies. If your distribution does not provide it, you can get
it from .
- The Perl DBI and DBD::SQLite libraries, which are
- available from CPAN if your
- distribution does not provide them.
-
The Boehm
garbage collector to reduce the evaluator’s memory