diff --git i/Makefile.PL w/Makefile.PL
index 69cc5ec..545b874 100644
--- i/Makefile.PL
+++ w/Makefile.PL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

-use 5.010;
+#use 5.010;

{
local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {};
diff --git i/lib/XBase.pm w/lib/XBase.pm
index b345c7e..b70b1f9 100644
--- i/lib/XBase.pm
+++ w/lib/XBase.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ XBase - Perl module for reading and writing the dbf files
# ############
package XBase;

-use 5.010;
+#use 5.010;
use strict;
use XBase::Base;               # will give us general methods