diff -urN DB_File-1.79.orig/DB_File.pm DB_File-1.79/DB_File.pm
--- DB_File-1.79.orig/DB_File.pm	Fri Oct 26 00:32:03 2001
+++ DB_File-1.79/DB_File.pm	Mon Mar  4 07:43:55 2002
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 package DB_File::HASHINFO ;
 
-require 5.00404;
-
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 use Carp;
diff -urN DB_File-1.79.orig/Makefile.PL DB_File-1.79/Makefile.PL
--- DB_File-1.79.orig/Makefile.PL	Fri Oct 26 00:31:56 2001
+++ DB_File-1.79/Makefile.PL	Mon Mar  4 07:43:42 2002
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.16 ;
 use Config ;
 
-die "DB_File needs Perl 5.004_05 or better. This is $]\n" 
-    if $] <= 5.00404; 
-
 my $VER_INFO ;
 my $LIB_DIR ;
 my $INC_DIR ;