diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index c448e1dbbe8..50dba46b73d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -16501,7 +16501,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  XMLDescent = buildPerlPackage rec {
+  XMLDescent = buildPerlModule rec {
     name = "XML-Descent-1.04";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AN/ANDYA/${name}.tar.gz";