diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool/remove-perl-check.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool/remove-perl-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bea0895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool/remove-perl-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Remove the perl checks in intltool.m4.  This can find a different perl binary to
+the one that the intltool scripts will actually be using (as they hard-code a
+specific binary), for example in the intltool-native case they'll be using
+nativeperl yet this fragment can find and test the host perl.
+
+This can result in recipes failing in do_configure as intltool.m4 finds a host
+perl which doesn't have XML::Parser installed, despite the fact that intltool
+will work fine as nativeperl has XML::Parser.
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted (https://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool/+bug/1197875)
+Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
+
+--- a/intltool.m4.orig	2013-07-02 11:22:23.000000000 -0700
++++ b/intltool.m4	2013-07-02 11:22:32.000000000 -0700
+@@ -131,27 +131,6 @@ if test -z "$xgversion" -o -z "$mmversio
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool])
+ fi
+ 
+-AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_PERL, perl)
+-if test -z "$INTLTOOL_PERL"; then
+-   AC_MSG_ERROR([perl not found])
+-fi
+-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for perl >= 5.8.1])
+-$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "use 5.8.1;" > /dev/null 2>&1
+-if test $? -ne 0; then
+-   AC_MSG_ERROR([perl 5.8.1 is required for intltool])
+-else
+-   IT_PERL_VERSION=`$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "printf '%vd', $^V"`
+-   AC_MSG_RESULT([$IT_PERL_VERSION])
+-fi
+-if test "x$2" != "xno-xml"; then
+-   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for XML::Parser])
+-   if `$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "require XML::Parser" 2>/dev/null`; then
+-       AC_MSG_RESULT([ok])
+-   else
+-       AC_MSG_ERROR([XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool])
+-   fi
+-fi
+-
+ # Substitute ALL_LINGUAS so we can use it in po/Makefile
+ AC_SUBST(ALL_LINGUAS)
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool/remove-xml-check.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool/remove-xml-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fc69e37..0000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool/remove-xml-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-Signed-off-by: Florin Sarbu <florin.sarbu@windriver.com>
-
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [OE specific]
-
-Index: intltool-0.40.6/intltool.m4
-===================================================================
---- intltool-0.40.6.orig/intltool.m4	2009-02-14 14:12:28.000000000 -0800
-+++ intltool-0.40.6/intltool.m4	2011-11-23 15:39:34.689561872 -0800
-@@ -122,14 +122,16 @@
-    IT_PERL_VERSION="`$INTLTOOL_PERL -e \"printf '%vd', $^V\"`"
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([$IT_PERL_VERSION])
- fi
--if test "x$2" != "xno-xml"; then
--   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for XML::Parser])
--   if `$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "require XML::Parser" 2>/dev/null`; then
--       AC_MSG_RESULT([ok])
--   else
--       AC_MSG_ERROR([XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool])
--   fi
--fi
-+
-+# Disable this check since we know XML::Parser is installed
-+#if test "x$2" != "xno-xml"; then
-+#   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for XML::Parser])
-+#   if `$INTLTOOL_PERL -e "require XML::Parser" 2>/dev/null`; then
-+#       AC_MSG_RESULT([ok])
-+#   else
-+#       AC_MSG_ERROR([XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool])
-+#   fi
-+#fi
- 
- # Substitute ALL_LINGUAS so we can use it in po/Makefile
- AC_SUBST(ALL_LINGUAS)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool/use-nativeperl.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool/use-nativeperl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f5fed3..0000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool/use-nativeperl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-OE has perl binary as 'nativeperl' in native sysroot so we look for it
-in order to avoid intltool searching and finding perl from /usr/bin
-on build system which may not have all the modules that it needs.
-
-Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
-
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [OE specific]
-Index: intltool-0.40.6/intltool.m4
-===================================================================
---- intltool-0.40.6.orig/intltool.m4	2009-02-14 14:12:28.000000000 -0800
-+++ intltool-0.40.6/intltool.m4	2011-08-09 08:07:16.427347846 -0700
-@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
-     AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool])
- fi
- 
--AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_PERL, perl)
-+AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_PERL, nativeperl)
- if test -z "$INTLTOOL_PERL"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([perl not found])
- fi
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool_0.51.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool_0.51.0.bb
index 0a610a3..a7ea3b7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool_0.51.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/intltool/intltool_0.51.0.bb
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 SRC_URI = "http://launchpad.net/${BPN}/trunk/${PV}/+download/${BP}.tar.gz \
            file://intltool-nowarn.patch \
            file://perl-522-deprecations.patch \
-           ${NATIVEPATCHES} \
+           file://remove-perl-check.patch \
+           file://noperlcheck.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "12e517cac2b57a0121cda351570f1e63"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "67c74d94196b153b774ab9f89b2fa6c6ba79352407037c8c14d5aeb334e959cd"
 
-# All of the intltool scripts have the correct paths to perl already
-# embedded into them and can find perl fine, so we add the remove xml-check
-# in the intltool.m4 via the remove-xml-check.patch
-NATIVEPATCHES = "file://noperlcheck.patch \
-                 file://remove-xml-check.patch"
-NATIVEPATCHES_class-native = "file://use-nativeperl.patch"
-
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://launchpad.net/intltool/trunk/"
 
 DEPENDS = "libxml-parser-perl-native"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "gettext-dev libxml-parser-perl"
 DEPENDS_class-native = "libxml-parser-perl-native"
+
+inherit autotools pkgconfig perlnative
+
+export PERL = "${bindir}/env perl"
+PERL_class-native = "/usr/bin/env nativeperl"
+
 # gettext is assumed to exist on the host
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-native = "libxml-parser-perl-native"
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "perl-modules"
@@ -33,9 +33,4 @@ FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/aclocal"
 
 INSANE_SKIP_${PN} += "dev-deps"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig perlnative
-
-export PERL = "${bindir}/env perl"
-PERL_class-native = "/usr/bin/env nativeperl"
-
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
