diff --git a/configs/machines/levante.yaml b/configs/machines/levante.yaml
index ad777760b..2b7067375 100644
--- a/configs/machines/levante.yaml
+++ b/configs/machines/levante.yaml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ computer:
                             - "load intel-oneapi-compilers/2022.0.1-gcc-11.2.0"
                             - "load intel-oneapi-mkl/2022.0.1-gcc-11.2.0"
                             - "load openmpi/4.1.2-intel-2021.5.0"
-
+                            - "load perl/5.34.0-gcc-11.2.0"
                     add_export_vars:
                             FC: mpif90
                             F77: mpif90
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ computer:
                 OASIS3MCT_FC_LIB: '"-L$NETCDFFROOT/lib -lnetcdff"'
 
                 # kh 17.02.22 orig mistral, not yet tested on levante (but should work)
-                PERL5LIB: /usr/lib64/perl5
+                #PERL5LIB: /usr/lib64/perl5
 
                 LD_LIBRARY_PATH[(0)]: $HDF5ROOT/lib:$NETCDFROOT/lib:$NETCDFFROOT/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH