diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-Elemental/pkg-plist b/textproc/p5-XML-Elemental/pkg-plist
index f7c3ff889cdf..a2dd1658a403 100644
--- a/textproc/p5-XML-Elemental/pkg-plist
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-Elemental/pkg-plist
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 @dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/XML/Parser/Style
 @dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/XML/Parser
 @dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/XML/Elemental
+@unexec rmdir %D/%%SITE_PERL%%/XML 2>/dev/null || true
 @dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML/Elemental