diff --git a/lib/MCE.pm b/lib/MCE.pm
index 9eb4c6a..77331e4 100644
--- a/lib/MCE.pm
+++ b/lib/MCE.pm
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ sub spawn {
    # silently clobbers Perl's srand function, and does not seed Perl's
    # pseudo-random generator. https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11159773
 
-   if ( $INC{'PDL/Primitive.pm'} && PDL::Primitive->can('srand') ) {
+   if ( $INC{'PDL/Primitive.pm'} ) {
       # Call PDL's random() function if exported i.e. use PDL.
 
       my $caller = caller(); local $@;
diff --git a/lib/MCE/Child.pm b/lib/MCE/Child.pm
index 9bda025..c1b2db8 100644
--- a/lib/MCE/Child.pm
+++ b/lib/MCE/Child.pm
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ sub init {
       # silently clobbers Perl's srand function, and does not seed Perl's
       # pseudo-random generator. https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11159773
 
-      if ( $INC{'PDL/Primitive.pm'} && PDL::Primitive->can('srand') ) {
+      if ( $INC{'PDL/Primitive.pm'} ) {
          # Call PDL's random() function if exported i.e. use PDL.
 
          my $caller = caller(); local $@;