diff --git a/lib/Pkgcraft/Version.pm b/lib/Pkgcraft/Version.pm
index 45a4e11..a3597ed 100644
--- a/lib/Pkgcraft/Version.pm
+++ b/lib/Pkgcraft/Version.pm
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ package Pkgcraft::Version {
   }
 
   sub parse {
+    my $class = shift;
     my $str = shift // die "missing version string";
-    my $ptr = C::pkgcraft_version_parse($str);
-    return defined($ptr);
+    return (defined C::pkgcraft_version_parse($str));
   }
 
   sub revision {