diff --git i/Makefile.PL w/Makefile.PL
index 69cc5ec..545b874 100644
--- i/Makefile.PL
+++ w/Makefile.PL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-use 5.010;
+#use 5.010;
 
 {
 local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {};
diff --git i/lib/XBase.pm w/lib/XBase.pm
index b345c7e..b70b1f9 100644
--- i/lib/XBase.pm
+++ w/lib/XBase.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XBase - Perl module for reading and writing the dbf files
 # ############
 package XBase;
 
-use 5.010;
+#use 5.010;
 use strict;
 use XBase::Base;		# will give us general methods