diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 4f1e685ab46..4b64c8734c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -10987,7 +10987,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  ParseRecDescent = buildPerlPackage rec {
+  ParseRecDescent = buildPerlModule rec {
     name = "Parse-RecDescent-1.967015";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/J/JT/JTBRAUN/${name}.tar.gz";