diff --git a/package/Makefile.in b/package/Makefile.in
index 9d0e7d60ed..eea7043d9b 100644
--- a/package/Makefile.in
+++ b/package/Makefile.in
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ HOST_PATH=$(HOST_DIR)/bin:$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin:$(PATH)
 HOSTCC_VERSION:=$(shell $(HOSTCC_NOCCACHE) --version | \
 	sed -n 's/^.* \([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)[ ]*.*$$/\1\2\3/p')
 
+export PERL5LIB := $(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/perl
+
 TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS=PATH=$(TARGET_PATH) \
 		AR="$(TARGET_AR)" \
 		AS="$(TARGET_AS)" \
@@ -241,11 +243,10 @@ TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS=PATH=$(TARGET_PATH) \
 		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 		FCFLAGS="$(TARGET_FCFLAGS)" \
 		PKG_CONFIG="$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY)" \
-		PERLLIB="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/perl" \
 		STAGING_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)"
 
-TARGET_MAKE_ENV=PATH=$(TARGET_PATH) \
-		PERLLIB="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/perl"
+TARGET_MAKE_ENV=PATH=$(TARGET_PATH)
+
 
 HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS=PATH=$(HOST_PATH) \
 		AR="$(HOSTAR)" \
@@ -267,15 +268,13 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS=PATH=$(HOST_PATH) \
 		PKG_CONFIG="$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY)" \
 		PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="/" \
 		PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig:$(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/pkgconfig" \
-		PERLLIB="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/perl" \
 		LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib:$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)"
 
 HOST_MAKE_ENV=PATH=$(HOST_PATH) \
 		LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib:$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)" \
 		PKG_CONFIG="$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY)" \
 		PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="/" \
-		PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
-		PERLLIB="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/perl"
+		PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig"
 
 # This extra environment we can not export ourselves (eg. because some
 # packages use that variable internally, eg. uboot), so we have to
diff --git a/package/intltool/intltool.mk b/package/intltool/intltool.mk
index b2418fe476..58b46e6578 100644
--- a/package/intltool/intltool.mk
+++ b/package/intltool/intltool.mk
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ INTLTOOL_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 INTLTOOL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 HOST_INTLTOOL_DEPENDENCIES = host-gettext host-libxml-parser-perl
-HOST_INTLTOOL_CONF_OPT = \
-  PERLLIB=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib/perl
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))