diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 337cae95b..b100b8a99 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@
               ''}
 
               ln -sfn ${final.nixVendoredCrates}/vendor/ nix-rust/vendor
-
-              (cd perl; autoreconf --install --force --verbose)
             '';
 
           configureFlags = configureFlags ++
@@ -344,6 +342,11 @@
 
             src = self;
 
+            preConfigure =
+              ''
+                ln -sfn ${nixVendoredCrates}/vendor/ nix-rust/vendor
+              '';
+
             enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
             buildInputs = buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps;