diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/dejavu-fonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/dejavu-fonts/default.nix
index 23158a38f21..251654e2d58 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/dejavu-fonts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/dejavu-fonts/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, fontforge, perl, FontTTF}:
+{ fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, fontforge, perl, perlPackages }:
 
 let
   version = "2.37";
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ let
 
   full-ttf = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "dejavu-fonts-full-${version}";
-    nativeBuildInputs = [fontforge perl FontTTF];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [fontforge perl perlPackages.IOString perlPackages.FontTTF];
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "dejavu-fonts";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5bd83347ab0..d07ac59c80f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14241,9 +14241,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   crimson = callPackage ../data/fonts/crimson {};
 
-  dejavu_fonts = lowPrio (callPackage ../data/fonts/dejavu-fonts {
-    inherit (perlPackages) FontTTF;
-  });
+  dejavu_fonts = lowPrio (callPackage ../data/fonts/dejavu-fonts {});
 
   # solve collision for nix-env before https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/815
   dejavu_fontsEnv = buildEnv {