diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/stunnel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/stunnel/default.nix
index d2b9a54183d0..e00b5335d35e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/stunnel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/stunnel/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name    = "stunnel-${version}";
-  version = "5.49";
+  version = "5.50";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "https://www.stunnel.org/downloads/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0plmdnwmhjjganhprsw9a8w3h5w43hyirpizy8cmq5w278hl2rix";
+    sha256 = "0j811iakljjxw39qchmqf235jdkwixb0i4xxjyi55f08558947cm";
     # please use the contents of "https://www.stunnel.org/downloads/${name}.tar.gz.sha256",
     # not the output of `nix-prefetch-url`
   };
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--localstatedir=/var"
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    # remove legacy compatibility-wrapper that would require perl
+    rm $out/bin/stunnel3
+  '';
+
   installFlags = [
     "sysconfdir=\${out}/etc"
     "localstatedir=\${TMPDIR}"