diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/ServiceNodeUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/ServiceNodeUtils.pm
index c76d8d910..049831309 100755
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/ServiceNodeUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/ServiceNodeUtils.pm
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@ BEGIN
 # if AIX - make sure we include perl 5.8.2 in INC path.
 #       Needed to find perl dependencies shipped in deps tarball.
 if ($^O =~ /^aix/i) {
-        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
-        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2";
-        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
-        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2";
-}
-
+    unshift(@INC, qw(/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2 /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2));
+    }
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
 use strict;
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/TableUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/TableUtils.pm
index 69599d1fd..e55d194fa 100755
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/TableUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/TableUtils.pm
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@ BEGIN
 # if AIX - make sure we include perl 5.8.2 in INC path.
 #       Needed to find perl dependencies shipped in deps tarball.
 if ($^O =~ /^aix/i) {
-        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
-        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2";
-        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
-        use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2";
-}
+    unshift(@INC, qw(/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2 /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.2));
+    }
 
 use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
 use strict;