diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 8810518554..92b0b375af 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -39,24 +39,24 @@
 ./bin/COPYING
 ./bin/bbrelease         _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
 ./bin/buildhdf5
-./bin/checkapi.pl        _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
-./bin/checkposix.pl      _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
+./bin/checkapi        _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
+./bin/checkposix      _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
 ./bin/chkconfigure      _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
 ./bin/chkcopyright      _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
 ./bin/chkmanifest
 ./bin/cmakehdf5
-./bin/debug-ohdr.pl      _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
-./bin/dependencies.pl
+./bin/debug-ohdr      _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
+./bin/dependencies
 ./bin/deploy
-./bin/distdep.pl
-./bin/errors.pl              _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
+./bin/distdep
+./bin/errors              _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
 ./bin/gcov_script            _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
-./bin/h5vers.pl
-./bin/iostats.pl
+./bin/h5vers
+./bin/iostats
 ./bin/locate_sw
-./bin/make_err.pl
-./bin/make_overflow.pl
-./bin/make_vers.pl
+./bin/make_err
+./bin/make_overflow
+./bin/make_vers
 ./bin/makehelp
 ./bin/mkdirs
 ./bin/newer
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 ./bin/snapshot
 ./bin/snapshot_version      _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
 ./bin/timekeeper      _DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
-./bin/trace.pl
+./bin/trace
 ./bin/yodconfigure
 
 ./config/COPYING
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 ./config/pgi-fflags
 ./config/pgi-flags
 ./config/powerpc-ibm-aix5.x
-./config/solaris
+./config/solaris2
 ./config/x86_64-pc-cygwin
 
 ./config/site-specific/BlankForm
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 2f5ee0e683..5517c615ba 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -366,28 +366,28 @@ echo
 # have no effect on files that don't have HDF5 API macros in them.
 echo
 echo "Running trace script:"
-bin/trace.pl src/H5*.c || exit 1
+bin/trace src/H5*.c || exit 1
 
 # Run make_err
 # make_err automatically generates the H5E headers that create error message
 # types for HDF5.
 echo
 echo "Running error generation script:"
-bin/make_err.pl src/H5err.txt || exit 1
+bin/make_err src/H5err.txt || exit 1
 
 # Run make_vers
 # make_vers automatically generates the public headers that define the API version
 # macros for HDF5.
 echo
 echo "Running API version generation script:"
-bin/make_vers.pl src/H5vers.txt || exit 1
+bin/make_vers src/H5vers.txt || exit 1
 
 # Run make_overflow
 # make_overflow automatically generates macros for detecting overflows for type
 # conversion.
 echo
 echo "Running overflow macro generation script:"
-bin/make_overflow.pl src/H5overflow.txt || exit 1
+bin/make_overflow src/H5overflow.txt || exit 1
 
 # Run flex and bison
 # automatically generates hl/src/H5LTanalyze.c and hl/src/H5LTparse.c
diff --git a/bin/bbrelease b/bin/bbrelease
index a4f7ee0fd9..1e3b88d854 100755
--- a/bin/bbrelease
+++ b/bin/bbrelease
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ fi
 
 # Defaults
 DEST=releases
-VERS=`perl bin/h5vers.pl`
+VERS=`perl bin/h5vers`
 VERS_OLD=
 test "$VERS" || exit 1
 verbose=yes
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ RESTORE_VERSION()
 	echo restoring version information back to $VERS_OLD
 	rm -f config/lt_vers.am
 	cp $tmpdir/lt_vers.am config/lt_vers.am
-	bin/h5vers.pl -s $VERS_OLD
+	bin/h5vers -s $VERS_OLD
 	VERS_OLD=
     fi
 }
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ if [ X$pmode = Xyes ]; then
     # (h5vers does not correctly handle just m.n.r-$today.)
     VERS=`echo $VERS | sed -e s/-.*//`-of$today
     echo Private release of $VERS
-    bin/h5vers.pl -s $VERS
+    bin/h5vers -s $VERS
 fi
 
 if [ X$revmode = Xyes ]; then
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ if [ X$revmode = Xyes ]; then
     # (h5vers does not correctly handle just m.n.r-$today.)
     VERS=`echo $VERS | sed -e s/-.*//`-r$revision
     echo Private release of $VERS
-    bin/h5vers.pl -s $VERS
+    bin/h5vers -s $VERS
     HDF5_VERS=hdf5-$branch-r$revision
     # use a generic directory name for revision releases
     HDF5_IN_VERS=hdfsrc
diff --git a/bin/checkapi.pl b/bin/checkapi
similarity index 98%
rename from bin/checkapi.pl
rename to bin/checkapi
index cc5b37664c..b4a08e8580 100755
--- a/bin/checkapi.pl
+++ b/bin/checkapi
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 require 5.003;
 
 # Purpose: insures that API functions aren't called internally.
-# Usage:   checkapi.pl H5*.c
+# Usage:   checkapi H5*.c
 my $filename = "";
 my $lastname = "";
 
diff --git a/bin/checkposix.pl b/bin/checkposix
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/checkposix.pl
rename to bin/checkposix
diff --git a/bin/cmakehdf5 b/bin/cmakehdf5
index 753eb54e65..715d6d7c2f 100755
--- a/bin/cmakehdf5
+++ b/bin/cmakehdf5
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ if [ ! -d $srcdir ]; then
 fi
 
 # figure out version information
-vers=bin/h5vers.pl
+vers=bin/h5vers
 if [ ! -x $srcdir/$vers ]; then
     echo $srcdir/$vers not found or not executable. Aborted.
     exit 1
diff --git a/bin/debug-ohdr.pl b/bin/debug-ohdr
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/debug-ohdr.pl
rename to bin/debug-ohdr
diff --git a/bin/dependencies.pl b/bin/dependencies
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/dependencies.pl
rename to bin/dependencies
diff --git a/bin/distdep.pl b/bin/distdep
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/distdep.pl
rename to bin/distdep
diff --git a/bin/errors.pl b/bin/errors
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/errors.pl
rename to bin/errors
diff --git a/bin/h5vers.pl b/bin/h5vers
similarity index 99%
rename from bin/h5vers.pl
rename to bin/h5vers
index 18c5854efe..2fe9105b68 100755
--- a/bin/h5vers.pl
+++ b/bin/h5vers
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use strict;
 # by appending a tilde `~' to the name.
 
 ### Usage:
-# h5vers.pl [OPTIONS] [FILE]
+# h5vers [OPTIONS] [FILE]
 
 # Without options this program only displays the current version and
 # doesn't modify any files or create backups.  The default is to print
diff --git a/bin/iostats.pl b/bin/iostats
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/iostats.pl
rename to bin/iostats
diff --git a/bin/make_err.pl b/bin/make_err
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/make_err.pl
rename to bin/make_err
diff --git a/bin/make_overflow.pl b/bin/make_overflow
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/make_overflow.pl
rename to bin/make_overflow
diff --git a/bin/make_vers.pl b/bin/make_vers
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/make_vers.pl
rename to bin/make_vers
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 1eea9b4162..703916ba75 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ fi
 
 # Defaults
 DEST=releases
-VERS=`perl bin/h5vers.pl`
+VERS=`perl bin/h5vers`
 VERS_OLD=
 test "$VERS" || exit 1
 verbose=yes
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ RESTORE_VERSION()
 	echo restoring version information back to $VERS_OLD
 	rm -f config/lt_vers.am
 	cp $tmpdir/lt_vers.am config/lt_vers.am
-	bin/h5vers.pl -s $VERS_OLD
+	bin/h5vers -s $VERS_OLD
 	VERS_OLD=
     fi
 }
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ if [ X$pmode = Xyes ]; then
     # (h5vers does not correctly handle just m.n.r-$today.)
     VERS=`echo $VERS | sed -e s/-.*//`-of$today
     echo Private release of $VERS
-    bin/h5vers.pl -s $VERS
+    bin/h5vers -s $VERS
 fi
 
 # Store hdf5-$VERS ("hdf5-1.7.51", e.g.) to a variable to avoid typos
diff --git a/bin/snapshot b/bin/snapshot
index 4a94ff4ba8..a496edd3af 100755
--- a/bin/snapshot
+++ b/bin/snapshot
@@ -466,10 +466,10 @@ if [ "$cmd" = "all" -o -n "$cmdrel" ]; then
 	    # commit source if errors encounter here.
 	    set -e
 	    cd ${CURRENT}
-	    RELEASE_VERSION="`perl bin/h5vers.pl -v`"
+	    RELEASE_VERSION="`perl bin/h5vers -v`"
 	    echo "Making snapshot release ($RELEASE_VERSION) to ${ReleaseDir}..."
 	    bin/release -d $ReleaseDir $METHODS
-	    perl bin/h5vers.pl -i
+	    perl bin/h5vers -i
 	    svn -q commit -m "Snapshot $RELEASE_VERSION"
 	)
 	errcode=$?
diff --git a/bin/trace.pl b/bin/trace
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/trace.pl
rename to bin/trace