2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-Pg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-Pg/default.nix
index f69ce015ed1c..f6b31aafaf65 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-Pg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/DBD-Pg/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-Pg/;
     description = "DBI PostgreSQL interface";
     license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
index b33861d83eed..561bbcdb73ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ perl:
 { nativeBuildInputs ? [], name, ... } @ attrs:
 
 perl.stdenv.mkDerivation (
+  (
+  perl.stdenv.lib.recursiveUpdate
   {
     outputs = [ "out" "devdoc" ];
 
@@ -20,9 +22,11 @@ perl.stdenv.mkDerivation (
     # authors to skip certain tests (or include certain tests) when
     # the results are not being monitored by a human being."
     AUTOMATED_TESTING = true;
+
+    meta.homepage = "https://metacpan.org/release/${(builtins.parseDrvName name).name}";
   }
-  //
   attrs
+  )
   //
   {
     name = "perl-" + name;