diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c4565236d8cd..426a5b1c40b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7191,7 +7191,7 @@ let
   };
 
   mutt = import ../applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses which openssl gdbm perl;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses which openssl gdbm;
   };
 
   msmtp = import ../applications/networking/msmtp {