diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index eee5b64a3b5..d00170e48d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -17707,17 +17707,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  XSLoader = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "XSLoader-0.24";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SA/SAPER/XSLoader-0.24.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "0pyqr12jsqagna75fm2gijfzw06wy1hrh5chn9hwnmcfddda66g8";
-    };
-    meta = {
-      description = "Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code";
-      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
-    };
-  };
+  XSLoader = null; # part of Perl 5.26
 
   XSObjectMagic = buildPerlPackage rec {
     name = "XS-Object-Magic-0.04";