diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index 16084b6..4ea53eb 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* Mon Aug 12 2019 Niels Breet <niels.breet@jolla.com> - 5.16.1-3
+- Remove gdbm support
+  Fixes JB#46707
+
 * Tue Aug 06 2019 Niels Breet <niels.breet@jolla.com> - 5.16.1-2
 - Don't require groff in order to make bootstrapping easier
   Fixes JB#46708
diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index f7e37ac..5f12308 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 # same as we provide in /etc/rpm/macros.perl
 %global perl5_testdir   %{_libexecdir}/perl5-tests
 
-# We can bootstrap without gdbm
-%bcond_without gdbm
+# Disabling gdbm because we don't use it and it makes boostrapping easier
+%bcond_with gdbm
 # We can skip %%check phase
 %bcond_without test
 
 Name:           perl
 Version:        %{perl_version}
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Epoch:          %{perl_epoch}
 Summary:        Practical Extraction and Report Language
 Group:          Development/Languages