diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 75a4961f0801..54eb9b8e911b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -3808,8 +3808,8 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RO/ROKR/DateTimeX-Easy-0.089.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "17e6d202e7ac6049523048e97bb8f195e3c79208570da1504f4313584e487a79";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ TestMost ModuleBuild ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ DateTime DateTimeFormatFlexible DateTimeFormatICal DateTimeFormatNatural TimeDate ];
+    buildInputs = [ TestMost ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ DateTimeFormatFlexible DateTimeFormatICal DateTimeFormatNatural TimeDate ];
     doCheck = false;
     meta = {
       description = "Parse a date/time string using the best method available";