diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 9ff9045600be..193becfc6345 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -6196,6 +6196,9 @@ let
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/FCGI-0.78.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "1cxavhzg4gyw4gl9kirpbdimjr8gk1rjc3pqs3xrnh1gjybld5xa";
     };
+    postPatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) ''
+      sed -i '/use IO::File/d' Makefile.PL
+    '';
   };
 
   FCGIClient = buildPerlModule {