diff --git a/exercises/practice/matrix/.meta/solutions/lib/Matrix.pm b/exercises/practice/matrix/.meta/solutions/lib/Matrix.pm
index d63c2dbe..916b796d 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/matrix/.meta/solutions/lib/Matrix.pm
+++ b/exercises/practice/matrix/.meta/solutions/lib/Matrix.pm
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 package Matrix;
 
-use Moo;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
 use experimental qw<signatures postderef postderef_qq>;
 
-has string => (
-    is => 'ro',
-);
+use Exporter qw<import>;
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw<extract_row extract_column>;
 
-sub row ( $self, $index ) {
-    return [ split / /, [ split /\n/, $self->string ]->[ $index - 1 ] ];
+sub extract_row ( $matrix, $row ) {
+    return [ split / /, [ split /\n/, $matrix ]->[ $row - 1 ] ];
 }
 
-sub column ( $self, $index ) {
-    return [ map { [ split / /, $_ ]->[ $index - 1 ] } split /\n/, $self->string ];
+sub extract_column ( $matrix, $column ) {
+    return [ map { [ split / /, $_ ]->[ $column - 1 ] } split /\n/, $matrix ];
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/exercises/practice/matrix/.meta/template-data.yaml b/exercises/practice/matrix/.meta/template-data.yaml
index 172bea3b..e34239c3 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/matrix/.meta/template-data.yaml
+++ b/exercises/practice/matrix/.meta/template-data.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+subs: extract_row extract_column
 
 properties:
   row:
     test: |-
       use Data::Dmp;
-      $Data::Dmp::OPT_STRINGIFY_NUMBERS = 1;
+      local $Data::Dmp::OPT_STRINGIFY_NUMBERS = 1;
       sprintf(<<'END', dmp($case->{input}{string}), $case->{input}{index}, map {dmp($_)} @{$case}{qw<expected description>});
       is(
-          Matrix->new( string => %s )->row(%s),
+          extract_row(%s, %s),
           %s,
           %s,
       );
@@ -14,39 +15,29 @@ properties:
   column:
     test: |-
       use Data::Dmp;
-      $Data::Dmp::OPT_STRINGIFY_NUMBERS = 1;
+      local $Data::Dmp::OPT_STRINGIFY_NUMBERS = 1;
       sprintf(<<'END', dmp($case->{input}{string}), $case->{input}{index}, map {dmp($_)} @{$case}{qw<expected description>});
       is(
-          Matrix->new( string => %s )->column(%s),
+          extract_column(%s, %s),
           %s,
           %s,
       );
       END
 
-moo: true
-
 example: |-
-  has string => (
-      is => 'ro',
-  );
-
-  sub row ($self, $index) {
-      return [split / /, [split /\n/, $self->string]->[$index - 1]];
+  sub extract_row ($matrix, $row) {
+      return [split / /, [split /\n/, $matrix]->[$row - 1]];
   }
 
-  sub column ($self, $index) {
-      return [map { [split / /, $_]->[$index - 1] } split /\n/, $self->string];
+  sub extract_column ($matrix, $column) {
+      return [map { [split / /, $_]->[$column - 1] } split /\n/, $matrix];
   }
 
 stub: |-
-  has string => (
-      is => 'ro',
-  );
-
-  sub row ($self, $index) {
+  sub extract_row ($matrix, $row) {
       return undef;
   }
 
-  sub column ($self, $index) {
+  sub extract_column ($matrix, $column) {
       return undef;
   }
diff --git a/exercises/practice/matrix/lib/Matrix.pm b/exercises/practice/matrix/lib/Matrix.pm
index ff14cab3..df8a71b5 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/matrix/lib/Matrix.pm
+++ b/exercises/practice/matrix/lib/Matrix.pm
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 package Matrix;
 
 use v5.38;
-use Moo;
 
-has string => (
-    is => 'ro',
-);
+use Exporter qw<import>;
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw<extract_row extract_column>;
 
-sub row ( $self, $index ) {
+sub extract_row ( $matrix, $row ) {
     return undef;
 }
 
-sub column ( $self, $index ) {
+sub extract_column ( $matrix, $column ) {
     return undef;
 }
diff --git a/exercises/practice/matrix/t/matrix.t b/exercises/practice/matrix/t/matrix.t
index 5af7c843..4bb3894b 100755
--- a/exercises/practice/matrix/t/matrix.t
+++ b/exercises/practice/matrix/t/matrix.t
@@ -4,52 +4,52 @@ use Test2::V0;
 use FindBin qw<$Bin>;
 use lib "$Bin/../lib", "$Bin/../local/lib/perl5";
 
-use Matrix ();
+use Matrix qw<extract_row extract_column>;
 
 is( # begin: ca733dab-9d85-4065-9ef6-a880a951dafd
-    Matrix->new( string => "1" )->row(1),
+    extract_row( "1", 1 ),
     ["1"],
     "extract row from one number matrix",
 ); # end: ca733dab-9d85-4065-9ef6-a880a951dafd
 
 is( # begin: 5c93ec93-80e1-4268-9fc2-63bc7d23385c
-    Matrix->new( string => "1 2\n3 4" )->row(2),
+    extract_row( "1 2\n3 4", 2 ),
     [ "3", "4" ],
     "can extract row",
 ); # end: 5c93ec93-80e1-4268-9fc2-63bc7d23385c
 
 is( # begin: 2f1aad89-ad0f-4bd2-9919-99a8bff0305a
-    Matrix->new( string => "1 2\n10 20" )->row(2),
+    extract_row( "1 2\n10 20", 2 ),
     [ "10", "20" ],
     "extract row where numbers have different widths",
 ); # end: 2f1aad89-ad0f-4bd2-9919-99a8bff0305a
 
 is( # begin: 68f7f6ba-57e2-4e87-82d0-ad09889b5204
-    Matrix->new( string => "1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9\n8 7 6" )->row(4),
+    extract_row( "1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9\n8 7 6", 4 ),
     [ "8", "7", "6" ],
     "can extract row from non-square matrix with no corresponding column",
 ); # end: 68f7f6ba-57e2-4e87-82d0-ad09889b5204
 
 is( # begin: e8c74391-c93b-4aed-8bfe-f3c9beb89ebb
-    Matrix->new( string => "1" )->column(1),
+    extract_column( "1", 1 ),
     ["1"],
     "extract column from one number matrix",
 ); # end: e8c74391-c93b-4aed-8bfe-f3c9beb89ebb
 
 is( # begin: 7136bdbd-b3dc-48c4-a10c-8230976d3727
-    Matrix->new( string => "1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9" )->column(3),
+    extract_column( "1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9", 3 ),
     [ "3", "6", "9" ],
     "can extract column",
 ); # end: 7136bdbd-b3dc-48c4-a10c-8230976d3727
 
 is( # begin: ad64f8d7-bba6-4182-8adf-0c14de3d0eca
-    Matrix->new( string => "1 2 3 4\n5 6 7 8\n9 8 7 6" )->column(4),
+    extract_column( "1 2 3 4\n5 6 7 8\n9 8 7 6", 4 ),
     [ "4", "8", "6" ],
     "can extract column from non-square matrix with no corresponding row",
 ); # end: ad64f8d7-bba6-4182-8adf-0c14de3d0eca
 
 is( # begin: 9eddfa5c-8474-440e-ae0a-f018c2a0dd89
-    Matrix->new( string => "89 1903 3\n18 3 1\n9 4 800" )->column(2),
+    extract_column( "89 1903 3\n18 3 1\n9 4 800", 2 ),
     [ "1903", "3", "4" ],
     "extract column where numbers have different widths",
 ); # end: 9eddfa5c-8474-440e-ae0a-f018c2a0dd89