diff --git a/comps-f12.xml.in b/comps-f12.xml.in
index a07fe3b8..069116a8 100644
--- a/comps-f12.xml.in
+++ b/comps-f12.xml.in
@@ -2623,7 +2623,6 @@
       <packagereq type="default">empathy</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">evolution</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">evolution-help</packagereq>
-      <packagereq type="default">evolution-perl</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">firefox</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">nspluginwrapper</packagereq>
@@ -2647,6 +2646,7 @@
       <packagereq type="optional">evolution-bogofilter</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="optional">evolution-conduits</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="optional">evolution-exchange</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="optional">evolution-perl</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="optional">filezilla</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="optional">fwbuilder</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="optional">gajim</packagereq>