diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 24a33db89470..fa2d6e624aa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -9541,7 +9541,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  MLDBM = buildPerlPackage rec {
+  MLDBM = buildPerlModule rec {
     name = "MLDBM-2.05";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CH/CHORNY/${name}.tar.gz";