diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index 9512fcd3b53ad216051647271e79d0fd4500047a..b056bd09e349677db4a6b9fe0049e231dfe285fd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ (define-public nix
               ("openssl" ,openssl)
               ("libgc" ,libgc)
               ("sqlite" ,sqlite)
-              ("bzip2" ,bzip2)
-              ("perl-www-curl" ,perl-www-curl)
-              ("perl-dbi" ,perl-dbi)
-              ("perl-dbd-sqlite" ,perl-dbd-sqlite)))
+              ("bzip2" ,bzip2)))
+    (propagated-inputs `(("perl-www-curl" ,perl-www-curl)
+                         ("perl-dbi" ,perl-dbi)
+                         ("perl-dbd-sqlite" ,perl-dbd-sqlite)))
     (home-page "http://nixos.org/nix/")
     (synopsis "The Nix package manager")
     (description