diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix
index acff56e8c015..f8e181e9fa21 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-serve/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , bzip2
 , nixVersions
-, perl
 , makeWrapper
 , nixosTests
 , fetchpatch
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ let
   rev = "77ffa33d83d2c7c6551c5e420e938e92d72fec24";
   sha256 = "sha256-MJRdVO2pt7wjOu5Hk0eVeNbk5bK5+Uo/Gh9XfO4OlMY=";
   nix = nixVersions.nix_2_24;
+  inherit (nix.perl-bindings) perl;
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/nix-perl.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/nix-perl.nix
index f80ce5698a2e..4c93fcef564a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/nix-perl.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/nix-perl.nix
@@ -87,4 +87,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure = "export NIX_STATE_DIR=$TMPDIR";
+
+  passthru = { inherit perl; };
 })