diff --git a/groff/contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl b/groff/contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl
index 602abb0..6bff3c5 100755
--- a/groff/contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl
+++ b/groff/contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ our $Special_Setup;
 
 our %Man;
 
-BEGIN {
+{
   $Dev_Null = File::Spec->devnull();
 
   $Umask = umask 077;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ our $File_split_env_sh;
 our $File_version_sh;
 our $Groff_Version;
 
-BEGIN {
+{
   {
     my $before_make;		# script before run of `make'
     {