diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-ptest.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-ptest.inc
index e07355d3f54..a4e034da6bd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-ptest.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-ptest.inc
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ do_install_ptest () {
 	 # Remove a useless timestamp...
 	 sed -i -e '/Autogenerated starting on/d' ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/lib/unicore/mktables.lst
 
-	 # Remove files with host-specific configuration for building native binaries
-	 rm ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/Makefile.config ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/xconfig.h ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/xconfig.sh
+	 # xconfig.h contains references to build host architecture, and yet is included from various other places.
+	 # To make it reproducible let's make it a copy of config.h patch that is specific to the target architecture.
+	 # It is believed that the original header is the product of building miniperl (a helper executable built with host compiler).
+	 cp ${D}${libdir}/perl5/${PV}/${TARGET_ARCH}-linux/CORE/xconfig.h ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/xconfig.h
 }
 
 python populate_packages:prepend() {