diff --git a/General.pm b/General.pm
index 875a24d..3d1f2b0 100644
--- a/General.pm
+++ b/General.pm
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ use Exporter;
 
 $Config::General::VERSION = "2.65";
 
-use vars  qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK);
 use base qw(Exporter);
-@EXPORT_OK = qw(ParseConfig SaveConfig SaveConfigString);
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw(ParseConfig SaveConfig SaveConfigString);
 
 use constant _UTF8_BOM => "\x{ef}\x{bb}\x{bf}";
 
diff --git a/General/Extended.pm b/General/Extended.pm
index f4369c9..7cf60cf 100644
--- a/General/Extended.pm
+++ b/General/Extended.pm
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ use Config::General 1.18;
 
 use FileHandle;
 use Carp;
-use Exporter ();
-use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT);
 
 # inherit new() and so on from Config::General
-@ISA = qw(Config::General Exporter);
+our @ISA = qw(Config::General);
 
 use strict;
 
diff --git a/General/Interpolated.pm b/General/Interpolated.pm
index acc4740..d429e1a 100644
--- a/General/Interpolated.pm
+++ b/General/Interpolated.pm
@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ $Config::General::Interpolated::VERSION = "2.16";
 use strict;
 use Carp;
 use Config::General;
-use Exporter ();
 
 
 # Import stuff from Config::General
-use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT);
-@ISA = qw(Config::General Exporter);
+our @ISA = qw(Config::General);
 
 
 sub new {