diff --git a/ale_linters/perl/perl.vim b/ale_linters/perl/perl.vim
index 8720213..ab4defb 100644
--- a/ale_linters/perl/perl.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/perl/perl.vim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ let g:ale_perl_perl_executable =
 \   get(g:, 'ale_perl_perl_executable', 'perl')
 
 let g:ale_perl_perl_options =
-\   get(g:, 'ale_perl_perl_options', '-X -c -Mwarnings -Ilib')
+\   get(g:, 'ale_perl_perl_options', '-c -Mwarnings -Ilib')
 
 function! ale_linters#perl#perl#GetExecutable(buffer) abort
     return ale#Var(a:buffer, 'perl_perl_executable')
diff --git a/doc/ale-perl.txt b/doc/ale-perl.txt
index 7daf48a..58940ca 100644
--- a/doc/ale-perl.txt
+++ b/doc/ale-perl.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ g:ale_perl_perl_executable                         *g:ale_perl_perl_executable*
 g:ale_perl_perl_options                               *g:ale_perl_perl_options*
                                                       *b:ale_perl_perl_options*
   Type: |String|
-  Default: `'-X -c -Mwarnings -Ilib'`
+  Default: `'-c -Mwarnings -Ilib'`
 
   This variable can be changed to alter the command-line arguments to the perl
   invocation.