diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 56865ce2ac7..f6b79664ff3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -3607,7 +3607,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  DateTimeFormatHTTP = buildPerlPackage rec {
+  DateTimeFormatHTTP = buildPerlModule rec {
     name = "DateTime-Format-HTTP-0.42";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CK/CKRAS/${name}.tar.gz";