diff --git a/recipes-angstrom/tasks/angstrom-task-gnome3.bb b/recipes-angstrom/tasks/angstrom-task-gnome3.bb
index 670b941..14f1998 100644
--- a/recipes-angstrom/tasks/angstrom-task-gnome3.bb
+++ b/recipes-angstrom/tasks/angstrom-task-gnome3.bb
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ inherit task
 # Most of these tasks are arch independant
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
 
-PACKAGES += "task-gnome3-perl task-gnome3-cups task-gnome3-pulseaudio task-gnome3-themes task-gnome3-totem task-gnome3-xserver-base "
-
-RDEPENDS_task-gnome3-perl = " \
-  perl \
-  libxml-parser-perl \
-"
+PACKAGES += "task-gnome3-cups task-gnome3-pulseaudio task-gnome3-themes task-gnome3-totem task-gnome3-xserver-base "
 
 RDEPENDS_task-gnome3-themes = " \
   angstrom-gnome-icon-theme-enable \
diff --git a/recipes-angstrom/tasks/task-gnome-perl.bb b/recipes-angstrom/tasks/task-gnome-perl.bb
index 8c24f0d..cfc8ec4 100644
--- a/recipes-angstrom/tasks/task-gnome-perl.bb
+++ b/recipes-angstrom/tasks/task-gnome-perl.bb
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ PR = "r13"
 
 inherit task
 
+# for backwards compatibility
+RPROVIDES_${PN} += "task-gnome3-perl"
+
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = " \
   perl \
   libxml-parser-perl \