diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.config b/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.config
index 6b63c692c11..5134e46ff01 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.config
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.config
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ MANDATORY_MANPATH	/usr/share/openssl/man
 # check if the directory exists and if it does, add it to MANPATH
 #
 OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/local/man
-OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.2/man
-OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.1/man
-OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/man
-OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/man
 OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/X11R6/man
 #
 # set up PATH to MANPATH mapping