diff --git a/vars/perl.vars b/vars/perl.vars
index 853bef9..302a040 100644
--- a/vars/perl.vars
+++ b/vars/perl.vars
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 pkg_perl_extract_post() {
-	git clone https://github.com/lalbornoz/perl-cross;
+	fetch_git perl-cross https://github.com/lalbornoz/perl-cross master;
 	for _ppep_fname_src in $(find perl-cross -type f	\
 			-not -path perl-cross/.git/\* -not -name .gitignore); do
 		_ppep_fname_dst=perl-${PKG_VERSION}${_ppep_fname_src#perl-cross};