diff --git a/src/interfaces/perl5/Makefile.PL b/src/interfaces/perl5/Makefile.PL
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-# Generated automatically from Makefile.PL.in by configure.
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# $Id: Makefile.PL,v 1.12 1998/10/17 02:36:13 momjian Exp $
-#
-# Copyright (c) 1997, 1998  Edmund Mergl
-#
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-
-use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
-use Config;
-use strict;
-
-my %opts;
-
-if (! $ENV{POSTGRES_HOME}) {
-
-    my $cwd = `pwd`;
-    chop $cwd;
-
-    %opts = (
-        NAME         => 'Pg',
-        VERSION_FROM => 'Pg.pm',
-        INC          => "-I$cwd/../libpq -I$cwd/../../include",
-        OBJECT       => "Pg\$(OBJ_EXT)",
-        LIBS         => ["-L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -L$cwd/../libpq -lpq"],
-    );
-
-} else {
-
-    %opts = (
-        NAME         => 'Pg',
-        VERSION_FROM => 'Pg.pm',
-        INC          => "-I$ENV{POSTGRES_HOME}/include",
-        OBJECT       => "Pg\$(OBJ_EXT)",
-        LIBS         => ["-L$ENV{POSTGRES_HOME}/lib -lpq"],
-    );
-}
-
-
-WriteMakefile(%opts);
-
-exit(0);
-
-# end of Makefile.PL