diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b5b68de210..4da80f2105 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ if test "${enable_debug}" = "yes"; then
 	CFLAGS="$saved_CFLAGS"	
 
 	if test "x${ax_cv_c_compiler_vendor}" = "xgnu" ; then
-	    APR_ADDTO(SWITCH_PERL_CPPFLAGS, -DPERL_GCC_PEDANTIC)
 	    APR_ADDTO(SWITCH_AM_CFLAGS, -g -ggdb)
 	    export DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g -ggdb"
 	fi
@@ -727,7 +726,6 @@ fi
 
 AC_SUBST(SWITCH_AM_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(SWITCH_ANSI_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(SWITCH_PERL_CPPFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(SWITCH_AM_CXXFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(SWITCH_AM_LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(ESL_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/mod/languages/mod_perl/Makefile.am b/src/mod/languages/mod_perl/Makefile.am
index 3c8d84cfd0..6a8f56a9fd 100644
--- a/src/mod/languages/mod_perl/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/mod/languages/mod_perl/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mod_perl_la_LDFLAGS  = -avoid-version -module -no-undefined -shared `$(PERL) -ME
 
 freeswitch_la_SOURCES = freeswitch_perl.cpp mod_perl_wrap.cpp perlxsi.c
 freeswitch_la_LDFLAGS = -avoid-version -module -no-undefined -shared $(LDFLAGS)
-freeswitch_la_CPPFLAGS = -DMULTIPLICITY `$(PERL) -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts` -DEMBED_PERL -I$(switch_srcdir)/libs/libteletone/src/ $(SWITCH_PERL_CPPFLAGS)
+freeswitch_la_CPPFLAGS = -DMULTIPLICITY `$(PERL) -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts` -DEMBED_PERL -I$(switch_srcdir)/libs/libteletone/src/ 
 reswig:	swigclean mod_perl_wrap.cpp
 
 swigclean: clean