diff --git a/paludis/keywords.conf b/paludis/keywords.conf
index 26e14fe..ea8fb2d 100644
--- a/paludis/keywords.conf
+++ b/paludis/keywords.conf
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ net-im/toxic *
 media-libs/libfilteraudio *
 
 
-# perl team messup
-~virtual/perl-Text-ParseWords-3.280.0 ~amd64
-~perl-core/Pod-Simple-3.280.0 ~amd64
-~perl-core/IPC-Cmd-0.800.0 ~amd64
-
-
 =sys-devel/bison-2.7.1 ~amd64
 =media-libs/xvid-1.3.2-r1 ~amd64
 =media-libs/speex-1.2_rc1-r2 ~amd64