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+## `%%IMAGE%%:<version>-perl` / `%%IMAGE%%:<version>-alpine-perl`
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+Starting with %%IMAGE%%:1.13.0 / mainline and %%IMAGE%%:1.12.0 / stable, the perl module has been removed from the default images. A separate `-perl` tag variant is available if you wish to use the perl module.