diff --git a/devel/p5-threads/Makefile b/devel/p5-threads/Makefile
index b95e25fe0827..c1e6581f2ea8 100644
--- a/devel/p5-threads/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-threads/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	threads
-PORTVERSION=	1.83
+PORTVERSION=	1.85
 CATEGORIES=	devel perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	CPAN:JDHEDDEN
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 MAINTAINER=	perl@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Perl interpreter-based threads
 
-PERL_CONFIGURE=	5.8.0+
+PERL_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 MAN3=		threads.3
 
diff --git a/devel/p5-threads/distinfo b/devel/p5-threads/distinfo
index aeea58a4231e..afe046bc234b 100644
--- a/devel/p5-threads/distinfo
+++ b/devel/p5-threads/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (threads-1.83.tar.gz) = 35afd832f5a26c7f51538864e86fc90c2dd2c98749a21c7f0e4f067a0319cfc9
-SIZE (threads-1.83.tar.gz) = 100537
+SHA256 (threads-1.85.tar.gz) = f5c595e277c29827822d36ce4f95bea20d7106878211cbe3989abd886dfc4f88
+SIZE (threads-1.85.tar.gz) = 101602