diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/NetRemctl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/NetRemctl/default.nix
index 78ee5dfdffcb..7d51489a9b0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/NetRemctl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/NetRemctl/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ buildPerlModule {
 
   postPatch = ''
     cp -R tests/tap/perl/Test perl/t/lib
+    rm perl/t/backend/options.t
     cd perl
   '';