diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index 4e37ce7..16084b6 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 * 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
 
 * Fri May 10 2013 Marko Saukko <marko.saukko@jollamobile.com> - 5.16.1
 - Fix update issues introduced by upgrade to version 5.16.1
diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index 17dea15..f7e37ac 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -1252,6 +1252,8 @@ perl regen.pl -v
 %endif
         -Di_shadow \
         -Di_syslog \
+        -Dman1dir="%{_mandir}/man1" \
+        -Dman3dir="%{_mandir}/man3" \
         -Dman3ext=3pm \
         -Duseperlio \
         -Dinstallusrbinperl=n \
@@ -1330,16 +1332,6 @@ ln -s ../../../bin/xsubpp %{build_privlib}/ExtUtils/
 # Don't need the .packlist
 rm %{build_archlib}/.packlist
 
-# Fix some manpages to be UTF-8
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/
-pushd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/
-  for i in perl588delta.1 perldelta.1 ; do
-    iconv -f MS-ANSI -t UTF-8 $i --output new-$i
-    rm $i
-    mv new-$i $i
-  done
-popd
-
 # Local patch tracking
 pushd %{build_archlib}/CORE/
 %{new_perl} -x patchlevel.h \