diff -ur portage-overlay/net-www/apache/apache-1.3.31-r3.ebuild /usr/portage/net-www/apache/apache-1.3.31-r3.ebuild
--- portage-overlay/net-www/apache/apache-1.3.31-r3.ebuild	2004-11-11 11:39:30.000000000 -0800
+++ /usr/portage/net-www/apache/apache-1.3.31-r3.ebuild	2004-09-27 20:16:26.000000000 -0700
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 inherit eutils fixheadtails
 
-IUSE="pam perl"
+IUSE="pam"
 
 mod_ssl_ver=2.8.19
 PATCH_LEVEL="${PV}-r2"
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 # The mod_ssl archive is only for providing the EAPI patch in here.
 # You should install the net-www/mod_ssl package for the actual DSO.
 
-DEPEND="<=sys-libs/db-4.1
-	perl? ( dev-lang/perl )
+DEPEND="dev-lang/perl <=sys-libs/db-4.1
 	>=dev-libs/mm-1.1.3
 	>=sys-libs/gdbm-1.8
 	>=dev-libs/expat-1.95.2
@@ -67,9 +66,6 @@
 	unset CFLAGS ; unset CXXFLAGS
 
 	select_modules_config || die "determining modules"
-	# Not everyone needs this
-	use perl && myconf="${myconf} --with-perl=/usr/bin/perl"
-
 
 	#-DBUFFERED_LOGS
 	OPTIM="${mycflags} -DHARD_SERVER_LIMIT=${HARD_SERVER_LIMIT:=512} \
@@ -98,6 +94,7 @@
 		--target=apache \
 		--server-uid=apache \
 		--server-gid=apache \
+		--with-perl=/usr/bin/perl \
 		--enable-rule=EAPI \
 		--enable-rule=SHARED_CHAIN \
 		${MY_BUILTINS} \