diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask b/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask
index aba8bff4..503f4956 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.mask/00-sabayon.package.mask
@@ -220,7 +220,3 @@ games-util/steam-client-meta::gamerlay
 # provide. It cannot be supported properly (easily), and seems to
 # be unpopular.
 app-admin/glance
-
-# 2013-12-15 Fabio Erculiani: mask perl-5.16 for some time since
-# we are nearing a new release. That's it. Perl 5.16 became stable.
->=dev-lang/perl-5.13