diff --git a/dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-2.40.0.ebuild b/dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-2.40.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 90%
rename from dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-2.40.0.ebuild
rename to dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-2.40.0-r1.ebuild
index eabe5a5259a3f..73ba701811041 100644
--- a/dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-2.40.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-2.40.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ DESCRIPTION="Perl bindings to the LabOne API of Zurich Instruments"
 SLOT="0"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	virtual/perl-AutoLoader
 	virtual/perl-Carp
 	virtual/perl-Exporter
 	virtual/perl-XSLoader
diff --git a/dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-9999.ebuild b/dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-9999.ebuild
index c8bbd939b6446..b45a761d29fb1 100644
--- a/dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-perl/Lab-Zhinst/Lab-Zhinst-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ DESCRIPTION="Perl bindings to the LabOne API of Zurich Instruments"
 SLOT="0"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	virtual/perl-AutoLoader
 	virtual/perl-Carp
 	virtual/perl-Exporter
 	virtual/perl-XSLoader