diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 4dbb5f81546..e065c1b916c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -783,10 +783,9 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   BSDResource = buildPerlPackage rec {
     name = "BSD-Resource-1.2911";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/J/JH/JHI/BSD-Resource-1.2911.tar.gz";
+      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/J/JH/JHI/BSD-Resource-1.2911.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "0g8c7825ng2m0yz5sy6838rvfdl8j3vm29524wjgf66ccfhgn74x";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ TestPod TestPodCoverage ];
     meta = {
       maintainers = [ maintainers.limeytexan ];
       description = "BSD process resource limit and priority functions";