diff --git a/templates/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/template b/templates/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/template
index 5450353e90..eade8179b4 100644
--- a/templates/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/template
+++ b/templates/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-ExtUtils-Depends'.
 pkgname=perl-ExtUtils-Depends
 version=0.301
+revision=1
 wrksrc="ExtUtils-Depends-$version"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gtk2-perl/ExtUtils-Depends-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=perl_module
@@ -13,4 +14,5 @@ long_desc="
  that a perl extension is treated like a shared library that provides
  also a C and an XS interface besides the perl one."
 
+noarch=yes
 Add_dependency full perl
diff --git a/templates/perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig/template b/templates/perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig/template
index b033a67587..7eb866f465 100644
--- a/templates/perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig/template
+++ b/templates/perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig'.
 pkgname=perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
 version=1.12
+revision=1
 wrksrc="ExtUtils-PkgConfig-$version"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gtk2-perl/ExtUtils-PkgConfig-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=perl_module
@@ -16,5 +17,6 @@ long_desc="
  libraries that pkg-config knows. It is really just boilerplate code
  that you would've written yourself."
 
+noarch=yes
 Add_dependency full perl
 Add_dependency full pkg-config
diff --git a/templates/perl-Test-Simple/template b/templates/perl-Test-Simple/template
index 22a057a723..121f7a8f55 100644
--- a/templates/perl-Test-Simple/template
+++ b/templates/perl-Test-Simple/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-Test-Simple'.
 pkgname=perl-Test-Simple
 version=0.86
+revision=1
 wrksrc="Test-Simple-$version"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Test/Test-Simple-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=perl_module
@@ -12,5 +13,6 @@ long_desc="
  tests suitable for CPAN modules and other pursuits. If you wish
  to do more complicated testing, use the Test::More module (a drop-in
  replacement for this one)."
- 
+
+noarch=yes
 Add_dependency full perl
diff --git a/templates/perl-URI/template b/templates/perl-URI/template
index 75643ef00b..518d953056 100644
--- a/templates/perl-URI/template
+++ b/templates/perl-URI/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-URI'.
 pkgname=perl-URI
 version=1.37
+revision=1
 wrksrc="URI-$version"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/URI/URI-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=perl_module
@@ -21,5 +22,6 @@ long_desc="
  URI::URL interface. The emulated URI::URL implements both the old and
  the new interface."
 
+noarch=yes
 Add_dependency build perl-MIME-Base64
 Add_dependency full perl
diff --git a/templates/perl-XML-NamespaceSupport/template b/templates/perl-XML-NamespaceSupport/template
index d26349b725..ee3c24ff8c 100644
--- a/templates/perl-XML-NamespaceSupport/template
+++ b/templates/perl-XML-NamespaceSupport/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-XML-NamespaceSupport'.
 pkgname=perl-XML-NamespaceSupport
 version=1.09
+revision=1
 wrksrc="XML-NamespaceSupport-$version"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/XML-NamespaceSupport-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=perl_module
@@ -13,4 +14,5 @@ long_desc="
  maintain a prefix to namespace URI map, and provides a number of
  basic checks."
 
+noarch=yes
 Add_dependency full perl
diff --git a/templates/perl-XML-SAX/template b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/template
index 67fbb995f6..aaf46c9d83 100644
--- a/templates/perl-XML-SAX/template
+++ b/templates/perl-XML-SAX/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-XML-SAX'.
 pkgname=perl-XML-SAX
 version=0.96
+revision=1
 wrksrc="XML-SAX-$version"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/XML-SAX-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=perl_module
@@ -12,5 +13,6 @@ long_desc="
  XML::SAX::Expat, which is a lower level interface to James Clark's
  expat library."
 
+noarch=yes
 Add_dependency full perl
 Add_dependency full perl-XML-NamespaceSupport
diff --git a/templates/perl-XML-Simple/template b/templates/perl-XML-Simple/template
index 6fbaa8d91b..423171d9bc 100644
--- a/templates/perl-XML-Simple/template
+++ b/templates/perl-XML-Simple/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-XML-Simple'.
 pkgname=perl-XML-Simple
 version=2.18
+revision=1
 wrksrc="XML-Simple-$version"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/XML-Simple-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=perl_module
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ checksum=a54967c188cda3e20f496c83be4de3f1740eeaa83c0380712ecd969ad8766826
 long_desc="
  This Perl module provides an easy API to read and write XML
  (especially configuration files)."
- 
+
+noarch=yes
 Add_dependency full perl
 Add_dependency full expat
 Add_dependency full perl-XML-Parser