diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Parser/template b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Parser/template
index c9318c7cce3..0929b5f0fcb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Parser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Parser/template
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/XML-Parser"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d331332491c51cccfb4cb94ffc44f9cd73378e618498d4a37df9e043661c515d
+
+post_extract() {
+	vsed -e '/exit 0;/d' -i Makefile.PL   # broken cross check
+}