Instead of using force, why don't you fix the actual test and send a patch?
Here is often how I check if a binary is available and executable (usually in my Makefile.PL files, but I digress... here's one example, and another):
use strict;
use warnings;
use Test::More;
my $is_win = $^O =~ /MSWin/;
my ($sep, $bin) = $is_win ? (';', 'perl.exe') : (':', 'perl');
my $perl_available = grep { -x "$_/$bin" } split /$sep/, $ENV{PATH};
ok $perl_available, "perl binary was found and is executable";
done_testing();
Update: Modified code to work on both Windows and Unixy platforms.
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