diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
index 073b0f1c5ad3..b98178ef2ebe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ toPerlModule(stdenv.mkDerivation (
     # Prevent CPAN downloads.
     PERL_AUTOINSTALL = "--skipdeps";
 
-    # Avoid creating perllocal.pod, which contains a timestamp
-    installTargets = "pure_install";
-
     # From http://wiki.cpantesters.org/wiki/CPANAuthorNotes: "allows
     # authors to skip certain tests (or include certain tests) when
     # the results are not being monitored by a human being."