diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 1d9f8f36b44f..c707b9547588 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -7811,13 +7811,13 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  IOSocketInet6 = buildPerlPackage rec {
+  IOSocketInet6 = buildPerlModule rec {
     name = "IO-Socket-INET6-2.72";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SH/SHLOMIF/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "1fqypz6qa5rw2d5y2zq7f49frwra0aln13nhq5gi514j2zx21q45";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [Socket6];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ Socket6 ];
     doCheck = false;
   };