1 files changed, 3 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 6da4bb13fd..876bad80d8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@
   ;; Yeah, Perl...  It is required early in the bootstrap process by Linux.
   (package
     (name "perl")
-    (replacement perl/fixed)
-    (version "5.24.0")
+    (version "5.26.0")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/src/5.0/perl-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "00jj8zr8fnihrxxhl8h936ssczv5x86qb618yz1ig40d1rp0qhvy"))
+               "0zxn9hd7mqgq06ikyi6k70ngbvjf01z1paw0jd25byyl0rlwdrzb"))
              (patches (search-patches
+                       "perl-file-path-CVE-2017-6512.patch"
                        "perl-no-sys-dirs.patch"
                        "perl-autosplit-default-time.patch"
                        "perl-deterministic-ordering.patch"
@@ -148,18 +148,6 @@
     (home-page "http://www.perl.org/")
     (license gpl1+)))                          ; or "Artistic"
 
-(define perl/fixed
-  (package
-    (inherit perl)
-    (replacement #f)
-    (source
-      (origin
-        (inherit (package-source perl))
-        (patches
-          (append
-            (origin-patches (package-source perl))
-            (search-patches "perl-file-path-CVE-2017-6512.patch")))))))
-
 (define-public perl-algorithm-c3
   (package
     (name "perl-algorithm-c3")