diff --git a/concourse/scripts/compile_gpdb.bash b/concourse/scripts/compile_gpdb.bash
index 6785724765fece768b05c7a2d6ef301890eaf680..a6a73b4661ed2cdc4383d21f9835f21f2ce45e39 100755
--- a/concourse/scripts/compile_gpdb.bash
+++ b/concourse/scripts/compile_gpdb.bash
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ function export_gpdb_extensions() {
       chmod 755 greenplum-*zip*
       cp greenplum-*zip* "$GPDB_ARTIFACTS_DIR"/
     fi
-    chmod 755 "$GPDB_ARTIFACTS_DIR"/*.gppkg
+    if ls "$GPDB_ARTIFACTS_DIR"/*.gppkg 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      chmod 755 "$GPDB_ARTIFACTS_DIR"/*.gppkg
+    fi
   popd
 }
 
diff --git a/gpAux/Makefile b/gpAux/Makefile
index 1336eddf535f3b6b976e7b60a8da8352408dd504..2e95e34b9078a608a70aede2334c5d586fac7c19 100644
--- a/gpAux/Makefile
+++ b/gpAux/Makefile
@@ -1240,7 +1240,6 @@ gccVersionCheck :
 
 ifeq ($(BLD_ARCH),$(filter $(BLD_ARCH),rhel7_x86_64 rhel6_x86_64))
 GPPKG_SOURCES = \
-	../src/pl/plperl \
 	$(NULL)
 else
 # Removed filtering logic for building gppkg as on suse11. It was only building
@@ -1250,7 +1249,6 @@ else
 # TODO: As we build for centos6 we can add filtering logic if necessary
 GPPKG_SOURCES = \
 	../contrib/pgcrypto \
-	../src/pl/plperl \
 	../src/bin/pg_dump/cdb/ddboost \
 	extensions/postgis-2.0.3 \
 	extensions/plr \
@@ -1304,12 +1302,10 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BLD_ARCH),$(filter $(BLD_ARCH),rhel7_x86_64 rhel6_x86_64 suse11_x86_64))
 GPPKG_ROOT_DIR = \
-	../src/pl/plperl \
 	$(NULL)
 else
 GPPKG_ROOT_DIR = \
 	../contrib/pgcrypto \
-	../src/pl/plperl \
 	$(NULL)
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/package/Makefile b/src/pl/plperl/package/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index c63bc3770d0f4b88aa2f8ca3e54f03f15eb4c036..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/pl/plperl/package/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-all: gppkg
-
-BLD_TOP=../../../../gpAux
-GPMGMT=$(BLD_TOP)/gpMgmt
-include $(BLD_TOP)/releng/tools.mk
-include $(BLD_TOP)/releng/releng.mk
-include $(BLD_TOP)/Makefile.global
-
-OS=$(word 1,$(subst _, ,$(BLD_ARCH)))
-ARCH=$(shell uname -p)
-
-# NOTE: PERL_DIR is dfined in $(BLD_TOP)/releng/releng.mk
-
-PLPERL_GPPKG_VER=ossv5.12.4_pv1.3_gpdb4.3orca
-PLPERL_VER=1.3
-PLPERL_REL=4
-PLPERL_DIR=`cd .. && pwd`
-PLPERL_RPM_FLAGS="--define 'plperl_dir $(PLPERL_DIR)' --define 'plperl_ver $(PLPERL_VER)' --define 'plperl_rel $(PLPERL_REL)' "
-PLPERL_RPM=plperl-$(PLPERL_VER)-$(PLPERL_REL).$(ARCH).rpm
-PLPERL_GPPKG=plperl-$(PLPERL_GPPKG_VER)-$(OS)-$(ARCH).gppkg
-
-TARGET_GPPKG=$(PLPERL_GPPKG)
-EXTRA_CLEAN+=$(PLPERL_RPM) $(PLPERL_GPPKG)
-
-#
-# Generic rules to build gppkgs included here
-#
-include $(BLD_TOP)/releng/gppkg.mk
-
-gppkg:
-	$(MAKE) $(PLPERL_RPM) RPM_FLAGS=$(PLPERL_RPM_FLAGS)
-	$(MAKE) $(PLPERL_GPPKG) MAIN_RPM=$(PLPERL_RPM) 
-
-.PHONY: gppkg
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/package/gppkg_spec.yml.in b/src/pl/plperl/package/gppkg_spec.yml.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f241ac72f247b7a81bb2afbedce10051112a5657..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/pl/plperl/package/gppkg_spec.yml.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Pkgname: plperl 
-Architecture: #arch
-OS: #os
-Version: ossv5.12.4_pv1.3_gpdb4.3orca
-GPDBVersion: 4.3
-Description: Provides a procedural langauge implementation of Perl for the Greenplum Database. 
-PostInstall:
-- Master: "echo 'Please source your $GPHOME/greenplum_path.sh and restart the database.';
-          echo 'You can enable plperl by running createlang plperl -d mydatabase.' ;"
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/package/perl.spec b/src/pl/plperl/package/perl.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index b7b18f639b7acb4c97241e3a80a01d4d13479113..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/pl/plperl/package/perl.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-Summary:        Perl 
-License:        Artistic License        
-Name:           perl
-Version:        %{perl_ver}
-Release:        %{perl_rel} 
-Group:          Development/Tools
-Prefix:         /temp
-AutoReq:        no
-AutoProv:       no
-Provides:       perl = %{perl_ver}, /bin/sh 
-
-%description
-The Perl package provides Perl for PL/Perl. 
-
-%install
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}/temp/ext/perl-%{perl_ver}
-cp -r %{perl_dir}/*   %{buildroot}/temp/ext/perl-%{perl_ver}
-
-%post
-echo "PERL5HOME=\$GPHOME/ext/perl-%{perl_ver}" >> $GPHOME/greenplum_path.sh
-echo "export PATH=\$PERL5HOME/bin:\$PATH" >> $GPHOME/greenplum_path.sh
-echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$PERL5HOME/lib/%{perl_ver}/x86_64-linux/CORE:\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $GPHOME/greenplum_path.sh
-echo "export PERL5LIB=\$PERL5HOME/lib/site_perl/%{perl_ver}/x86_64-linux:\$PERL5HOME/lib/site_perl/%{perl_ver}:\$PERL5HOME/lib/%{perl_ver}/x86_64-linux:\$PERL5HOME/lib/%{perl_ver}" >> $GPHOME/greenplum_path.sh
-
-%postun
-sed -i".bk" "/PERL5HOME/d" $GPHOME/greenplum_path.sh
-rm -rf $GPHOME/greenplum_path.sh.bk
-
-%files
-/temp
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/package/plperl.spec b/src/pl/plperl/package/plperl.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 165ccb5a92e6141aa2d4cf117f84dabb5da717e6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/pl/plperl/package/plperl.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Summary:        PL/Perl for Greenplum Database 
-License:        Artistic License        
-Name:           plperl
-Version:        %{plperl_ver}
-Release:        %{plperl_rel}
-Group:          Development/Tools
-Prefix:         /temp
-AutoReq:        no
-AutoProv:       no
-Provides:       plperl = %{plperl_ver} 
-
-%description
-The PL/Perl package provides Procedural language implementation of Perl for Greenplum Database.
-
-%install
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}/temp
-make -C %{plperl_dir} install prefix=%{buildroot}/temp
-
-%files
-/temp