diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5a0b3b7d39c6..5cde3339c255 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8708,7 +8708,7 @@ let
 
   buildPerlPackage = import ../development/perl-modules/generic perl;
 
-  perlPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (import ./perl-packages.nix {
+  perlPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./perl-packages.nix {
     inherit pkgs;
     overrides = (config.perlPackageOverrides or (p: {})) pkgs;
   });