diff --git a/.perlcriticrc b/.perlcriticrc
deleted file mode 100644
index e6dd3ae5b4e..00000000000
--- a/.perlcriticrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-theme = freenode
-severity = 4
-
-# TODO: Remove once Perl::Critic::Freenode 0.028 is widely available
-[Freenode::DiscouragedModules]
-severity = 3
-
-[Perl::Critic::Policy::HashKeyQuotes]
-severity = 5
diff --git a/.perlcriticrc b/.perlcriticrc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..48360c8c6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.perlcriticrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+external/os-autoinst-common/.perlcriticrc
\ No newline at end of file