diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
index 3b39974c16b1..c1f1bfc0b4ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ let
 
     configureScript = optionalString (!crossCompiling) "${stdenv.shell} ./Configure";
 
+    dontAddStaticConfigureFlags = true;
+
     dontAddPrefix = !crossCompiling;
 
     enableParallelBuilding = !crossCompiling;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index 0c9af250e876..55bba46c7622 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ in {
     if set ? overrideScope' then set.overrideScope' ocamlStaticAdapter else set
   ) super.ocaml-ng;
 
-  perl = super.perl.override {
-    # Don’t use new stdenv zlib because
-    # it doesn’t like the --disable-shared flag
-    stdenv = super.stdenv;
-  };
 
   zlib = super.zlib.override {
     # Don’t use new stdenv zlib because