diff --git a/support/scripts/scancpan b/support/scripts/scancpan
index 7ff647dce..0eac1322b 100755
--- a/support/scripts/scancpan
+++ b/support/scripts/scancpan
@@ -569,8 +569,8 @@ sub fetch {
             next if $modname eq q{perl};
             next if $modname =~ m|^Alien|;
             next if $modname =~ m|^Win32|;
-            next if !$test && $modname =~ m|^Test|; 
-            next if Module::CoreList::first_release( $modname );
+            next if !$test && $modname =~ m|^Test|;
+            next if Module::CoreList::is_core( $modname, undef, $] );
             # we could use the host Module::CoreList data, because host perl and
             # target perl have the same major version
             next if ${$dep}{phase} eq q{develop};