diff --git a/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb b/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb
index a885d8dded..c57b1d42d3 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ require 'rdoc/parser'
 require 'rdoc/parser/simple'
 require 'rdoc/parser/ruby'
 require 'rdoc/parser/c'
-require 'rdoc/parser/perl'
 
 require 'rdoc/stats'
 require 'rdoc/options'