diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index f3dc7625e5c..88064074a67 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -10433,7 +10433,7 @@ let
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/L/LK/LKUNDRAK/Log-Journald-${version}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "55992cf9a1e1fb833f428300525bfa7cf7ed46b83ec414f82a091789b37d08a3";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ ModuleBuild pkgs.pkgconfig pkgs.systemd ];
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig pkgs.systemd ];
     postPatch = ''
       substituteInPlace Build.PL \
         --replace "libsystemd-journal" "libsystemd"