diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
index 8a89d97a100..568025edfd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pwd="$(type -P pwd)"
     substituteInPlace dist/Cwd/Cwd.pm \
       --replace "pwd_cmd = 'pwd'" "pwd_cmd = '$pwd'"
-    grep -R /bin/pwd .
-    exit 1
   '';
 
   # Build a thread-safe Perl with a dynamic libperls.o.  We need the