use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; my %options = %{ { 'TYPEMAPS' => [ '/usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils/typemap' ], 'NAME' => 'Unicode::CheckUTF8', 'VERSION_FROM' => 'CheckUTF8.pm' } }; WriteMakefile(%options); # Remove the Makefile dependency. Causes problems on a few systems. sub MY::makefile { '' }