diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index d5758e178319..219f7d979201 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ in
 
   ott-mode = callPackage ./manual-packages/ott-mode { };
 
-  perl-completion = callPackage ./manual-packages/perl-completion { };
-
   pod-mode = callPackage ./manual-packages/pod-mode { };
 
   prisma-mode = callPackage ./manual-packages/prisma-mode { };
@@ -124,4 +122,5 @@ in
   ess-R-object-popup = throw "emacsPackages.ess-R-object-popup was deleted, since the upstream repo looks abandoned."; # Added 2024-07-15
   ghc-mod = throw "emacsPackages.ghc-mod was deleted because it is deprecated, use haskell-language-server instead."; # Added 2024-07-17
   haskell-unicode-input-method = throw "emacsPackages.haskell-unicode-input-method is contained in emacsPackages.haskell-mode, please use that instead."; # Added 2024-07-17
+  perl-completion = throw "emacsPackages.perl-completion was removed, since it is broken."; # Added 2024-07-19
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/perl-completion/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/perl-completion/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dea18e30dcd8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/perl-completion/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ trivialBuild
-, fetchurl
-}:
-
-trivialBuild {
-  pname = "perl-completion";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://emacswiki.org/emacs/download/perl-completion.el";
-    sha256 = "0x6qsgs4hm87k0z9q3g4p6508kc3y123j5jayll3jf3lcl2vm6ks";
-  };
-
-  version = "1.10";
-
-  meta = {
-    broken = true;
-    description = "Minor mode provides useful features for editing perl codes";
-    homepage = "http://emacswiki.org/emacs/PerlCompletion";
-  };
-}