diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index f6327d5..7c14f8a 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pkgdesc="A highly capable, feature-rich programming language"
 arch=(x86_64)
 license=('GPL' 'PerlArtistic')
 url="https://www.perl.org"
-depends=('gdbm>=1.17' 'db5.3' 'db' 'glibc' 'libxcrypt' 'libcrypt.so')
+depends=('gdbm>=1.17' 'db5.3' 'glibc' 'libxcrypt' 'libcrypt.so')
 checkdepends=('procps-ng')
 # NOTE: This array is automatically generated by `./patchprov`.
 #       If you want to add entries, do so in the next array.
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ provides=("${provides[@]}")
 source=(https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-${pkgver}.tar.xz
         https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/commit/9c98370287.patch
         config.over
-        db_config.in
         perlbin.sh
         perlbin.csh
         perlbin.fish
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ options=('makeflags' '!purge' 'emptydirs')
 sha512sums=('8d1ec654c59d078bfc477f11c9526233199a85e4d4f6f5a55bf9eb7802cd355189c669cc6785d2d5e741c1de4d740b7a0cfd3c0198122586a07ac7f527fb14af'
             '59b90a61efb0ddc81ef2cea2b2b845f85b09402ae1778ea8de64a99b9e4274cca73a00dd9fe9879bcca7447929d23e10ce65dc1e551452cbe68792d08d1bce21'
             '1c924b5bf7413d097f62638a574d7decf36d98598b84cdb5fb31ff633b6f953371e14b004a2558a1a0b74b6b60b90b481af0f68555a49208fe6b226381fed79f'
-            '444e03c9a6040c1b4f19872d849e93322ffad40262339edb0b7961d2de47a161f01074f2d5418a057fd62e900ff1fbf5ea8ba4e3384aaa86fda84c80d0550a2b'
             '6ed5bc6dbdc47bc7f4c0fedbe18deaf35ab02a2e6700988beb545954bb1d0fe20ff1a4de39d6d9fc882ef1741f7bf6d85ba165d0cd8dc0d9939b789c894f48a1'
             '53eb0cddfd637014f3d3a101665db8dcafe5ac5bf3d319a259974334eb89c1c405097518ae96b6d18e520194633c7be57c9b2cd9ae6398443eb08f1a2008d112'
             '881e2efe05ba818cd7300f126800b56bb0685cb5c9c5fb7e67ef6aaf5abd17d2391a979d5d16d109c5111f4b35504ba83d19b0e6eda4431e8421fcbea19d2f1a'
@@ -157,8 +155,6 @@ prepare() {
 
   # reproducible patchlevel_date
   [ -n "${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" ] && touch -h -d @$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH patchlevel.h
-  
-  cp -f ../db_config.in ./cpan/DB_File/config.in
 
   # CVE-2023-31484
   patch -Np1 -d cpan/CPAN -i "${srcdir}"/9c98370287.patch
@@ -192,7 +188,8 @@ build() {
     -Dvendorscript=/usr/bin/vendor_perl \
     -Dinc_version_list=none \
     -Dman1ext=1perl -Dman3ext=3perl ${arch_opts} \
-    -Dlddlflags="-shared ${LDFLAGS}" -Dldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
+    -Dlddlflags="-shared ${LDFLAGS}" -Dldflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
+    -Dloclibpth="/usr/lib/db5.3" -Dlocincpth="/usr/include/db5.3"
   make
 }
 
diff --git a/db_config.in b/db_config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dfe85f..0000000
--- a/db_config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-INCLUDE = /usr/include/db5.3
-LIB     = /usr/lib
-PREFIX  = size_t
-HASH    = u_int32_t
-DBNAME  = -ldb-5.3