diff --git a/lasso.spec b/lasso.spec
index 1e1c69d4e29f4aab3774c471ecc0ccc25815ae09..72de21399aa555809e22d741fc675e7deed25ad5 100644
--- a/lasso.spec
+++ b/lasso.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:                lasso
 Version:             2.8.2
-Release:             3
+Release:             4
 Summary:             Liberty Alliance Single Sign On
 License:             GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:                 http://lasso.entrouvert.org/
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ and static libraries for lasso.
 
 %package -n perl-lasso
 Summary:             Liberty Alliance Single Sign On (lasso) Perl bindings
-Requires:            perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
 Requires:            lasso = %{version}-%{release}
 %description -n perl-lasso
 The package provide Perl language bindings for the lasso
@@ -94,6 +93,9 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/
 %doc AUTHORS NEWS README
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 16 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 2.8.2-4
+- drop useless perl(:MODULE_COMPAT) requirement
+
 * Sat Oct 26 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 2.8.2-3
 - do not produce perllocal.pod and packlist when installing perl bindings
 - adjust to structured error callback argument change in libxml2 2.12