diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/perl.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/perl.py
index 88c4eaf291..d1e93b0d18 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/perl.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/perl.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def test_step(self):
             # specify locale to be used, to avoid that a handful of tests fail
             cmd = "export LC_ALL=C && %s" % cmd
 
-            run_shell_cmd(cmd, fail_on_error=False)
+            run_shell_cmd(cmd)
 
     def prepare_for_extensions(self):
         """