diff --git a/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf b/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf
index 6bb66a19d..b3d2926a3 100644
--- a/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf
+++ b/package/import/cpan/cpan.conf
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ cpan_getdesc() {
 
 hook_add postinstall 8 "cpan_getdesc $cpanmod"
 
+# don't put .packlist files to package list. they
+# create shared files conflicts and we already have our
+# own package management system for this cpan packages.
+var_append flist''del "|" "usr/lib/perl.*/\.packlist"
+
 if [ -f $confdir/$xpkg.diff ]; then hook_add preconf 4 "patch -p1 < $confdir/$xpkg.diff"; fi
 if [ -f $confdir/$xpkg.conf ]; then source $confdir/$xpkg.conf; fi