diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/ledger2beancount/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/ledger2beancount/default.nix
index b3f48085d1db..12fe3a9c9e0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/ledger2beancount/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/ledger2beancount/default.nix
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0kimp8l9ax37grfv5r5iw0g0xnrpkak022fl10y3i7kc4nyi1s99";
   };
 
-  phases = [
-    "unpackPhase"
-    "installPhase"
-    "fixupPhase"
-  ];
+  dontBuild = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ perlPackages.perl beancount ] ++ perlDeps;