diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 30e3995a8cf..c30a7d81314 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -5027,7 +5027,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  ExceptionBase = buildPerlPackage rec {
+  ExceptionBase = buildPerlModule rec {
     name = "Exception-Base-0.2501";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DE/DEXTER/${name}.tar.gz";