diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index da33ac543ef2..9d2778c2eced 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -10455,7 +10455,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  NetIDNEncode = buildPerlPackage {
+  NetIDNEncode = buildPerlModule {
     name = "Net-IDN-Encode-2.400";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CF/CFAERBER/Net-IDN-Encode-2.400.tar.gz;