diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Simple/template b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Simple/template
index caaf147dd69..4dd9d3f210b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Simple/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Simple/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=3
 wrksrc="XML-Simple-$version"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/XML-Simple-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=perl-module
-fulldepends="perl expat perl-XML-Parser perl-XML-SAX perl-XML-NamespaceSupport perl-Test-Simple"
+fulldepends="perl>=5.16 expat perl-XML-Parser perl-XML-SAX perl-XML-NamespaceSupport"
 short_desc="Easy Perl API to read/write XML"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Simple/"
 license="GPL-1+/Artistic"