diff --git a/tools/compare_pods.sh b/tools/compare_pods.sh
index c59bae4..c9bed4a 100755
--- a/tools/compare_pods.sh
+++ b/tools/compare_pods.sh
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ test -f source/$POD && test -f target/$POD	|| exit 3
 
 ### Format pod with MANWIDTH width
 MEDIO=$[$COLS/2-5]
-MANWIDTH=$MEDIO perldoc -d $POD.en source/$POD
+MANWIDTH=$MEDIO PERLDOC_POD2="" perldoc -d $POD.en source/$POD
 
 ### This encoding line is required because target/ pods
 # don't go through the postprocess program, yet
 echo -e "=encoding utf-8\n\n" > $POD.es.org
 cat target/$POD >> $POD.es.org
-MANWIDTH=$MEDIO perldoc -d $POD.es $POD.es.org
+MANWIDTH=$MEDIO PERLDOC_POD2="" perldoc -d $POD.es $POD.es.org
 
 ### Show side-by-side
 diff -y -W $COLS $POD.{en,es} |less