diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.1.0.bb
index b319c66044..613451f265 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.1.0.bb
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ CFLAGS:append:class-nativesdk = " -DOPENSSLDIR=/not/builtin -DENGINESDIR=/not/bu
 # The default is to trust upstream choices.
 DEPRECATED_CRYPTO_FLAGS ?= ""
 
+# Set package level PERL5LIB
+PERL5LIB = "${S}/external/perl/Text-Template-1.56/lib/:${S}/crypto/perlasm"
+export PERL5LIB
+
 do_configure () {
 	# When we upgrade glibc but not uninative we see obtuse failures in openssl. Make
 	# the issue really clear that perl isn't functional due to symbol mismatch issues.
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ do_configure () {
 	fi
 	# WARNING: do not set compiler/linker flags (-I/-D etc.) in EXTRA_OECONF, as they will fully replace the
 	# environment variables set by bitbake. Adjust the environment variables instead.
-	HASHBANGPERL="/usr/bin/env perl" PERL=perl PERL5LIB="${S}/external/perl/Text-Template-1.46/lib/" \
+	HASHBANGPERL="/usr/bin/env perl" PERL=perl \
 	perl ${S}/Configure ${EXTRA_OECONF} ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} ${DEPRECATED_CRYPTO_FLAGS} --prefix=$useprefix --openssldir=${libdir}/ssl-3 --libdir=${libdir} $target
 	perl ${B}/configdata.pm --dump
 }