diff --git a/sys-apps/ack/ack-3.7.0.recipe b/sys-apps/ack/ack-3.7.0.recipe
index cb1a47c8e..f68e83052 100644
--- a/sys-apps/ack/ack-3.7.0.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/ack/ack-3.7.0.recipe
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="ack is designed as an alternative to grep for programmers."
 HOMEPAGE="https://beyondgrep.com/"
 COPYRIGHT="2005-2020 Andy Lester"
 LICENSE="Artistic"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/ack-v$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="ea7caa14f757de083310ed2cba298661ddcca5dee06ec8f18043ea625a79df20"
 SOURCE_DIR="ack-v$portVersion"
@@ -37,5 +37,15 @@ BUILD()
 
 INSTALL()
 {
-	make install DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}"
+	make pure_install
+
+	# remove architecture-specific files
+	cd $prefix
+	rm -r $(perl -V:vendorarch | cut -d\' -f2 | cut -d/ -f5-)
+		# cut extracts the quoted string and strips the prefix (which is perl's and not ours)
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make test
 }