diff --git a/perl/perl/config.hlp b/perl/perl/config.hlp
index a30c6dac6..6c378d282 100644
--- a/perl/perl/config.hlp
+++ b/perl/perl/config.hlp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../perl/config.hlp
+# Copyright (C) 2010 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -25,8 +26,5 @@ SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SITE_PREFIX
 SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_VENDOR_PREFIX
   Please enter the vendor prefix that perl should use.
 
-SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SUIDPERL
-  Please check here if you want to install perl with the SUID bit set.
-
 SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_THREADS
   Please chekc here if you want thread-support in perl.
diff --git a/perl/perl/config.in b/perl/perl/config.in
index 2b93356bd..2faea92fa 100644
--- a/perl/perl/config.in
+++ b/perl/perl/config.in
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ then
 		text 'Host name' SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_HOST_NAME "localhost"
 		text 'Site prefix' SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SITE_PREFIX "usr"
 		text 'Vendor prefix' SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_VENDOR_PREFIX "opt"
-		bool 'Create suid binary' SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SUIDPERL 1
 		bool 'Use threads' SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_THREADS 0
 	menu_end
 fi
diff --git a/perl/perl/perl.conf b/perl/perl/perl.conf
index 8c5388486..554141033 100644
--- a/perl/perl/perl.conf
+++ b/perl/perl/perl.conf
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ confopt="-des -Dcc=$cc -Darchname=$arch_target -Dprefix=/$prefix \
 	-Dsiteprefix=/$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SITE_PREFIX \
 	-Dvendorprefix=/$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_VENDOR_PREFIX"
 
-[ "$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_SUIDPERL" != "0" ] && confopt="$confopt -Dd_dosuid"
 [ "$SDECFG_PKG_PERL5_THREADS" = "1" ] && confopt="$confopt -Dusethreads"
 
 hook_add preconf 2  "( rm -f config.sh Policy.sh; eval sh Configure \$confopt; )"