diff --git a/steps/perl-5.24.4/pass1.sh b/steps/perl-5.24.4/pass1.sh
index 3fc35fb0..2aad1cf5 100755
--- a/steps/perl-5.24.4/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps/perl-5.24.4/pass1.sh
@@ -78,12 +78,15 @@ src_configure() {
         -Dcc=gcc \
         -Dusedl=false \
         -Ddate=':' \
-        -Dccflags="-U__DATE__ -U__TIME__" \
         -Darchname="i386-linux" \
         -Dmyhostname="(none)" \
         -Dmaildomain="(none)"
 }
 
+src_compile() {
+    PERL_BUILD_DATE="Jan 01 1970" default
+}
+
 src_install() {
     default
 
diff --git a/steps/perl-5.30.3/pass1.sh b/steps/perl-5.30.3/pass1.sh
index f9de8538..a2f3b1e8 100755
--- a/steps/perl-5.30.3/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps/perl-5.30.3/pass1.sh
@@ -72,12 +72,15 @@ src_configure() {
         -Dcc=gcc \
         -Dusedl=false \
         -Ddate=':' \
-        -Dccflags="-U__DATE__ -U__TIME__" \
         -Darchname="i386-linux" \
         -Dmyhostname="(none)" \
         -Dmaildomain="(none)"
 }
 
+src_compile() {
+    PERL_BUILD_DATE="Jan 01 1970" default
+}
+
 src_install() {
     default
 
diff --git a/steps/perl-5.36.3/pass1.sh b/steps/perl-5.36.3/pass1.sh
index 19b3319f..15ab2ed5 100755
--- a/steps/perl-5.36.3/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps/perl-5.36.3/pass1.sh
@@ -73,20 +73,19 @@ src_configure() {
         -Dcc=gcc \
         -Dusedl=false \
         -Ddate=':' \
-        -Dccflags="-U__DATE__ -U__TIME__" \
         -Darchname="i386-linux" \
         -Dmyhostname="(none)" \
         -Dmaildomain="(none)"
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-    make "${MAKEJOBS}" pod/perlapi.pod
+    PERL_BUILD_DATE="Jan 01 1970" make "${MAKEJOBS}" pod/perlapi.pod
 
     pushd dist/Devel-PPPort
     perl devel/mkapidoc.pl
     popd
 
-    default
+    PERL_BUILD_DATE="Jan 01 1970" default
 }
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/steps/perl-5.42.0/pass1.sh b/steps/perl-5.42.0/pass1.sh
index a87a1eac..7c387c97 100755
--- a/steps/perl-5.42.0/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps/perl-5.42.0/pass1.sh
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-    make "${MAKEJOBS}" pod/perlapi.pod
+    PERL_BUILD_DATE="Jan 01 1970" make "${MAKEJOBS}" pod/perlapi.pod
 
     pushd dist/Devel-PPPort
     perl devel/mkapidoc.pl
     popd
 
-    default
+    PERL_BUILD_DATE="Jan 01 1970" default
 }
 
 src_install() {