diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 45cf0218f80760e6af4d5208314930e8fa6bbdad..34a5f9a863a021e7fa300ffcd087c1fbce392e4e 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ PostgreSQL:
        --with-tcl         Enables programs requiring Tcl/Tk and X11,
                           including pgtclsh and libpgtcl.
 
-       --with-perl        Enables the perl interface.  Note that this
-                          requires an installed version of postgreSQL.
+       --with-perl        Enables the perl interface.
 
        --with-includes=DIRS
                           Include DIRS in list of directories searched