diff --git a/Doc/perl/howto.perl b/Doc/perl/howto.perl
index 5fe3eb57f5c..42f722fb086 100644
--- a/Doc/perl/howto.perl
+++ b/Doc/perl/howto.perl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 package main;
 
 do_require_package("article");
-do_require_package("verbatim");
+#do_require_package("verbatim");
 do_require_package("python");
 
 1;				# sheesh....
diff --git a/Doc/perl/manual.perl b/Doc/perl/manual.perl
index b3afa6eca2c..b1de916de59 100644
--- a/Doc/perl/manual.perl
+++ b/Doc/perl/manual.perl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 package main;
 
 do_require_package("report");
-do_require_package("verbatim");
+#do_require_package("verbatim");
 do_require_package("python");
 
 1;				# sheesh....