diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm
index 3212a774d76a4651e3768b46c4a61aadece61dc9..2bc95db5511de36490d6b60b9ef949a718f09e9d 100755
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Please post comments/questions to the Ensembl development list
 
 use strict;
 
-use POSIX;
+use POSIX ();
 use Bio::EnsEMBL::Feature;
 use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Argument qw(rearrange);
 use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Exception qw(throw warning deprecate);