Dist::Z...Prereqs(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, meet Dist::Zilla::Plugin::RemovePrereqs — it's the plugin that removes gathered prereqs. that's it. that's the job. she's a deleter, an un-includer, a girl who says "no <3" to prereqs you never wanted. ✨

(this is the Dist::Z...Prereqs(3) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, in case the tab title confused you 💅)

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🌸 VERSION 🌸

version 6.040 — yes, the actual number, copy it exactly, she's not gonna round up for you 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

drop this in your dist.ini and watch the prereqs evaporate:

[RemovePrereqs]
remove = Foo::Bar
remove = MRO::Compat

bestie listen. this will remove any prerequisite of any type from any prereq phase. ANY. of ANY type. from ANY phase. it's giving ruthless. 🔥

and why would you want that?? because sometimes stuff gets detected as a prereq when it literally is not one (rude), and this is your fix for those incorrectly detected prereqs. scoop em out. bye. 🫶

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🦋 PERL VERSION 🦋

this module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters — which basically means any perl released in the last two to three years. so like, if the most recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38. iconic range, no notes. ✨

ngl though — it may work on older versions of perl, but no guarantee is made that the minimum required version won't get increased. the version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl. so if you were about to submit a "hey can you support perl from 2009" patch… girl. 😭 no.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Dist::Zilla plugins: Prereqs, AutoPrereqs. — the other girls in the group chat. go say hi. 🫶

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems> — the 😏 is part of the name, we are NOT removing it, main character energy fr fr. 💅

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💜 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 💜

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Ricardo SIGNES. 🐚

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. go forth and remix, bestie, legally. ✨

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and that's the tea, babe — page written by perl v5.42.3 on 2026-10-19, Dist::Z...Prereqs(3). she's dated, she's versioned, she's thriving. mwah 💖🦋🎀