diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 240d90e1a2c3..7dfb793b3df1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -8943,7 +8943,7 @@ let
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/ST/STRUAN/HTML-FormatText-WithLinks-0.15.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "7fcc1ab79eb58fb97d43e5bdd14e21791a250a204998918c62d6a171131833b1";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ HTMLFormatter URI ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ HTMLFormatter ];
     meta = {
       description = "HTML to text conversion with links as footnotes";
       license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];