diff --git a/perl/perl/perl.conf b/perl/perl/perl.conf
index d4ca1dc8b..d3b631e56 100644
--- a/perl/perl/perl.conf
+++ b/perl/perl/perl.conf
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ EOT
 	makeopt="-f Makefile.micro CC=$CC LD=$CC"
 	eval $MAKE $makeopt
 	makeinstopt=
-	cp -a microperl $root$bindir/microperl
+	#just install the perl binary, it is micro so no deps :)
+	cp -a microperl $root$bindir/perl
 }
 if ! atstage native; then
         hook_add premake 3 "perl_cross_bootstrap"