diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl/template b/srcpkgs/perl/template
index b5fc692ffa..c48077054e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=perl
 version=5.16.3
 revision=2
-hostmakedepends="which less groff"
+hostmakedepends="which less"
 makedepends="gdbm-devel db-devel"
 short_desc="Practical Extraction and Report Language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ do_configure() {
 		-Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
 		-Dscriptdir=/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/bin
 		-Dvendorscript=/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/bin
-		-Dinc_version_list=none -Dman1ext=1p -Dman3ext=3p"
+		-Dinc_version_list=none -Dman1ext=1p -Dman3ext=3p
+		-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1
+		-Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3"
 
 	if [ "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		# Copy target files