diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars
index 07f313aa3a..b4842271b2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ MAKE='/usr/local/bin/gmake'
 NINJA='/usr/local/bin/ninja'
 PACKAGING_COMMAND='pkg'
 PIP3='/usr/local/bin/pip-3.8'
-PKGS='alsa-lib bash bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cdrkit-genisoimage ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk3 libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson ncurses nettle ninja opencv p5-Test-Harness perl5 pixman pkgconf png py38-numpy py38-pillow py38-pip py38-sphinx py38-sphinx_rtd_theme py38-virtualenv py38-yaml python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy spice-protocol tesseract texinfo usbredir virglrenderer vte3 zstd'
+PKGS='alsa-lib bash bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cdrkit-genisoimage ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk3 libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson ncurses nettle ninja opencv perl5 pixman pkgconf png py38-numpy py38-pillow py38-pip py38-sphinx py38-sphinx_rtd_theme py38-virtualenv py38-yaml python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy spice-protocol tesseract texinfo usbredir virglrenderer vte3 zstd'
 PYPI_PKGS=''
 PYTHON='/usr/local/bin/python3'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-13.vars b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-13.vars
index 8a648dda1e..546a82dd75 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-13.vars
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-13.vars
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ MAKE='/usr/local/bin/gmake'
 NINJA='/usr/local/bin/ninja'
 PACKAGING_COMMAND='pkg'
 PIP3='/usr/local/bin/pip-3.8'
-PKGS='alsa-lib bash bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cdrkit-genisoimage ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk3 libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson ncurses nettle ninja opencv p5-Test-Harness perl5 pixman pkgconf png py38-numpy py38-pillow py38-pip py38-sphinx py38-sphinx_rtd_theme py38-virtualenv py38-yaml python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy spice-protocol tesseract texinfo usbredir virglrenderer vte3 zstd'
+PKGS='alsa-lib bash bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cdrkit-genisoimage ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk3 libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson ncurses nettle ninja opencv perl5 pixman pkgconf png py38-numpy py38-pillow py38-pip py38-sphinx py38-sphinx_rtd_theme py38-virtualenv py38-yaml python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy spice-protocol tesseract texinfo usbredir virglrenderer vte3 zstd'
 PYPI_PKGS=''
 PYTHON='/usr/local/bin/python3'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/macos-11.vars b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/macos-11.vars
index 08183f8793..cfe9181fd4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/macos-11.vars
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/macos-11.vars
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 # https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
 
 CCACHE='/usr/local/bin/ccache'
-CPAN_PKGS='Test::Harness'
+CPAN_PKGS=''
 CROSS_PKGS=''
 MAKE='/usr/local/bin/gmake'
 NINJA='/usr/local/bin/ninja'
 PACKAGING_COMMAND='brew'
 PIP3='/usr/local/bin/pip3'
-PKGS='bash bc bzip2 capstone ccache cpanminus ctags curl dbus diffutils dtc gcovr gettext git glib gnu-sed gnutls gtk+3 jemalloc jpeg-turbo libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libiscsi libnfs libpng libslirp libssh libtasn1 libusb llvm lzo make meson ncurses nettle ninja perl pixman pkg-config python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sparse spice-protocol tesseract texinfo usbredir vde vte3 zlib zstd'
+PKGS='bash bc bzip2 capstone ccache ctags curl dbus diffutils dtc gcovr gettext git glib gnu-sed gnutls gtk+3 jemalloc jpeg-turbo libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libiscsi libnfs libpng libslirp libssh libtasn1 libusb llvm lzo make meson ncurses nettle ninja perl pixman pkg-config python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sparse spice-protocol tesseract texinfo usbredir vde vte3 zlib zstd'
 PYPI_PKGS='PyYAML numpy pillow sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme virtualenv'
 PYTHON='/usr/local/bin/python3'
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker
index 591af43d60..3f4c0f95cb 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ RUN apk update && \
         openssh-client \
         pcre-dev \
         perl \
-        perl-test-harness \
         pixman-dev \
         pkgconf \
         pulseaudio-dev \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
index 3ede55d09b..4b20925bbf 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ RUN dnf update -y && \
         pam-devel \
         pcre-static \
         perl \
-        perl-Test-Harness \
         pixman-devel \
         pkgconfig \
         pulseaudio-libs-devel \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker
index 589510a7be..b60426834c 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
             hostname \
             libpcre2-dev \
             libspice-protocol-dev \
-            libtest-harness-perl \
             llvm \
             locales \
             make \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker
index aa1bd6eb4c..ff79a2cc4f 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
             hostname \
             libpcre2-dev \
             libspice-protocol-dev \
-            libtest-harness-perl \
             llvm \
             locales \
             make \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker
index 3f6b55562c..b573b9ded2 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ RUN apt update && \
        git \
        libglib2.0-dev \
        libpixman-1-dev \
-       libtest-harness-perl \
        locales \
        make \
        ninja-build \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-i386-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-i386-cross.docker
index 13328e6081..0a3ec346e6 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-i386-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-i386-cross.docker
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     gnutls-devel.i686 \
     nettle-devel.i686 \
     pcre-devel.i686 \
-    perl-Test-Harness \
     pixman-devel.i686 \
     sysprof-capture-devel.i686 \
     zlib-devel.i686
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
index d80e66c651..84a8f5524d 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     mingw32-SDL2 \
     msitools \
     perl \
-    perl-Test-Harness \
     python3 \
     python3-PyYAML \
     tar \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
index 2b12b94ccf..d7ed8eb1cf 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ ENV PACKAGES \
     mingw64-pkg-config \
     msitools \
     perl \
-    perl-Test-Harness \
     python3 \
     python3-PyYAML \
     tar \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
index 1d01cd9440..2e6a84abfd 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ exec "$@"' > /usr/bin/nosync && \
         openssh-clients \
         pam-devel \
         pcre-static \
-        perl-Test-Harness \
         perl-base \
         pixman-devel \
         pkgconfig \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
index e1ad9434a3..6f5993d602 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ RUN zypper update -y && \
            openssh \
            pam-devel \
            pcre-devel-static \
-           perl-Test-Harness \
            perl-base \
            pkgconfig \
            python3-Pillow \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu1804.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu1804.docker
index 0a622b467c..b3f2156580 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu1804.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu1804.docker
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
             libssh-dev \
             libsystemd-dev \
             libtasn1-6-dev \
-            libtest-harness-perl \
             libubsan1 \
             libudev-dev \
             libusb-1.0-0-dev \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
index b9d06cb040..a3b38884e3 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
             libssh-dev \
             libsystemd-dev \
             libtasn1-6-dev \
-            libtest-harness-perl \
             libubsan1 \
             libudev-dev \
             libusb-1.0-0-dev \
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml b/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml
index 958868a6ee..d068a7a8de 100644
--- a/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml
+++ b/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ packages:
  - pam
  - pcre-static
  - perl
- - perl-Test-Harness
  - pixman
  - pkg-config
  - pulseaudio
diff --git a/tests/vm/centos.aarch64 b/tests/vm/centos.aarch64
index 81c3004c3c..96c450f8be 100755
--- a/tests/vm/centos.aarch64
+++ b/tests/vm/centos.aarch64
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'cpu'          : "max",
     'machine'      : "virt,gic-version=max",
     'install_cmds' : "yum install -y make ninja-build git python3 gcc gcc-c++ flex bison, "\
-        "yum install -y glib2-devel pixman-devel zlib-devel, "\
-        "yum install -y perl-Test-Harness, "\
+        "yum install -y glib2-devel perl pixman-devel zlib-devel, "\
         "alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3, "\
         "sudo dnf config-manager "\
         "--add-repo=https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo,"\
diff --git a/tests/vm/fedora b/tests/vm/fedora
index b977efe4a2..92b78d6e2c 100755
--- a/tests/vm/fedora
+++ b/tests/vm/fedora
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class FedoraVM(basevm.BaseVM):
         'gcc', 'binutils', 'make', 'ninja-build',
 
         # perl
-        'perl-Test-Harness',
+        'perl',
 
         # libs: usb
         '"pkgconfig(libusb-1.0)"',