diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 111d5e1dc8e3..e27ff979e5e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -2748,7 +2748,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  CryptPasswdMD5 = buildPerlPackage {
+  CryptPasswdMD5 = buildPerlModule {
     name = "Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.40";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RS/RSAVAGE/Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.40.tgz;