diff --git a/srcpkgs/Autodia/template b/srcpkgs/Autodia/template
index 156125f3bf..960b233347 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Autodia/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Autodia/template
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ short_desc="UML diagram generator for dia"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Autodia"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/T/TE/TEEJAY/Autodia-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/TEEJAY/Autodia-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ac8125c88abe39d9fe01ca3acc13a00a29f3336a4bb7ef60447e6b8b822ff422
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Clipboard/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Clipboard/template
index e576924319..2ae1d9fba9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Clipboard/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Clipboard/template
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ short_desc="Clipboard - Copy and paste with any OS"
 maintainer="Lukas Kropatschek <lukrop@hiddenbox.org>"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Clipboard"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KI/KING/Clipboard-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/WebService/KING/Clipboard-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=eebf1c9cb2484be850abdae017147967cf47f8ccd99293771517674b0046ec8a
 noarch=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Eval-Closure/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Eval-Closure/template
index 8ee435138d..9680b21d07 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Eval-Closure/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Eval-Closure/template
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ short_desc="Safely and cleanly create closures via string eval"
 maintainer="newbluemoon <blaumolch@mailbox.org>"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Eval-Closure"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/D/DO/DOY/${pkgname/perl-/}-$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Parse/DOY/Eval-Closure-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="ea0944f2f5ec98d895bef6d503e6e4a376fea6383a6bc64c7670d46ff2218cad"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Glib-Object-Introspection/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Glib-Object-Introspection/template
index be0dda6c6b..19261a2e60 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Glib-Object-Introspection/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Glib-Object-Introspection/template
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ short_desc="Dynamically create Perl language bindings"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Glib-Object-Introspection"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/X/XA/XAOC/Glib-Object-Introspection-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Glib/Glib-Object-Introspection-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5f0b88d5cf9b9d5d60c90ea9d411076bea54a2c0757c8f4d527520e5f332e7bb
 nocross=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Lchown/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Lchown/template
index 2c48bff397..037a225d59 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Lchown/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Lchown/template
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ short_desc="Perl module interface to the lchown() system call"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Lchown"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/N/NC/NCLEATON/Lchown-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Devel/NCLEATON/Lchown-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9c0a13e279ad92208fb8fac73001635b0689251dd41b597522e1b3501ba0f76f
 nocross=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-MRO-Compat/template b/srcpkgs/perl-MRO-Compat/template
index bfbc04adb0..d6024dec86 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-MRO-Compat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-MRO-Compat/template
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ short_desc="MRO::Compat - mro::* interface compatibility for Perls < 5.9.5"
 maintainer="newbluemoon <blaumolch@mailbox.org>"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/MRO-Compat"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/H/HA/HAARG/${pkgname/perl-/}-$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/App/HAARG/MRO-Compat-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8a2c3b6ccc19328d5579d02a7d91285e2afd85d801f49d423a8eb16f323da4f8
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Monkey-Patch-Action/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Monkey-Patch-Action/template
index 56aa3fb45a..e9624527e4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Monkey-Patch-Action/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Monkey-Patch-Action/template
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ short_desc="Wrap/add/replace/delete subs from other packages"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Monkey-Patch-Action"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/P/PE/PERLANCAR/Monkey-Patch-Action-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/LWP/PERLANCAR/Monkey-Patch-Action-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=57477c167821e09c1100a47ee0c49ce7cb2199f82de7f0cab75be243bc2c50d7
 noarch=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-PatchReader/template b/srcpkgs/perl-PatchReader/template
index e77a628461..0116bc8e4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-PatchReader/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-PatchReader/template
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ short_desc="PatchReader - Utilities to read and manipulate patches and CVS"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="Unknown"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/PatchReader"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/T/TM/TMANNERM/PatchReader-$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/T/TM/TMANNERM/PatchReader-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b8de37460347bb5474dc01916ccb31dd2fe0cd92242c4a32d730e8eb087c323c
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Role-Tiny/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Role-Tiny/template
index 9d4b220a61..e7ca7696b0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Role-Tiny/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Role-Tiny/template
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ short_desc="Minimalist role composition tool"
 maintainer="newbluemoon <blaumolch@mailbox.org>"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Role-Tiny"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/H/HA/HAARG/${pkgname/perl-/}-$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/lib/HAARG/Role-Tiny-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=cc73418c904a0286ecd8915eac11f5be2a8d1e17ea9cb54c9116b0340cd3e382
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-SGMLSpm/template b/srcpkgs/perl-SGMLSpm/template
index 6ec597b3c4..cb17a2b72e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-SGMLSpm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-SGMLSpm/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="newbluemoon <blaumolch@mailbox.org>"
 license="GPL-2"
 # https://metacpan.org/release/SGMLSpm doesn't exist
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/RAAB/SGMLSpm-1.1"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/R/RA/RAAB/${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/R/RA/RAAB/SGMLSpm-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=550c9245291c8df2242f7e88f7921a0f636c7eec92c644418e7d89cfea70b2bd
 
 post_extract() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Specio/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Specio/template
index 9d4577ab0f..1f0bce1fe5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Specio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Specio/template
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ short_desc="Type constraints and coercions for Perl"
 maintainer="newbluemoon <blaumolch@mailbox.org>"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Specio"
 license="Artistic-2.0, GPL-1"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/${pkgname/perl-/}-$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Test/Specio-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=23298b93a26d7ae3c1d58106f5898d84ddc71b626afdbf801bddb04d5e524ef6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Template-Toolkit/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Template-Toolkit/template
index 9911fd83b3..bf782ac8ad 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Template-Toolkit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Template-Toolkit/template
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ short_desc="Template Toolkit"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Template-Toolkit"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/A/AB/ABW/Template-Toolkit-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Template/Template-Toolkit-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1311a403264d0134c585af0309ff2a9d5074b8ece23ece5660d31ec96bf2c6dc
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Term-ExtendedColor/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Term-ExtendedColor/template
index 6af0e74fb0..1ca7f6a0da 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Term-ExtendedColor/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Term-ExtendedColor/template
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ short_desc="Color screen output using 256 colors"
 maintainer='Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>'
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Term-ExtendedColor"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/W/WO/WOLDRICH/Term-ExtendedColor-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Term/Term-ExtendedColor-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=be3b4b323c0ef9eaca490a43c47e9e44d866b106c4471cfa98c8ab4ed8f80dcb
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-tainting/template b/srcpkgs/perl-tainting/template
index 6eb37bbed3..60680e6adf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-tainting/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-tainting/template
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ short_desc="Enable taint mode lexically"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/tainting"
-distfiles="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/P/PE/PERLANCAR/tainting-${version}.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/LWP/PERLANCAR/tainting-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6363f0f944571984342519259efea94cfb648d49ea13d390de7f34bb4b811cec
 noarch=yes