diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 252b0430ebb..367a0cfab79 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -5104,7 +5104,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  ExceptionWarning = buildPerlPackage {
+  ExceptionWarning = buildPerlModule {
     name = "Exception-Warning-0.0401";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DE/DEXTER/Exception-Warning-0.0401.tar.gz;