diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 91ed9947a..2eeae7ea0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ if test "$gc" = yes; then
 fi
 
 
-# Check for the required Perl dependencies (DBI, DBD::SQLite and WWW::Curl).
+# Check for the required Perl dependencies (DBI, DBD::SQLite).
 perlFlags="-I$perllibdir"
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(dbi, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-dbi=PATH],
@@ -225,10 +225,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(dbd-sqlite, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-dbd-sqlite=PATH],
   [prefix of the Perl DBD::SQLite library]),
   perlFlags="$perlFlags -I$withval")
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(www-curl, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-www-curl=PATH],
-  [prefix of the Perl WWW::Curl library]),
-  perlFlags="$perlFlags -I$withval")
-
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether DBD::SQLite works])
 if ! $perl $perlFlags -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite;' 2>&5; then
     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
@@ -236,13 +232,6 @@ if ! $perl $perlFlags -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite;' 2>&5; then
 fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether WWW::Curl works])
-if ! $perl $perlFlags -e 'use WWW::Curl;' 2>&5; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-    AC_MSG_FAILURE([The Perl module WWW::Curl is missing.])
-fi
-AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-
 AC_SUBST(perlFlags)
 
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
index c0065f133..cd6d61356 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   or higher.  If your distribution does not provide it, please install
   it from <link xlink:href="http://www.sqlite.org/" />.</para></listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para>The Perl DBI, DBD::SQLite, and WWW::Curl libraries, which are
+  <listitem><para>The Perl DBI and DBD::SQLite libraries, which are
   available from <link
   xlink:href="http://search.cpan.org/">CPAN</link> if your
   distribution does not provide them.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/nix.spec.in b/nix.spec.in
index edbc12d8f..401a2dc8a 100644
--- a/nix.spec.in
+++ b/nix.spec.in
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 %endif
 BuildRequires: perl(DBD::SQLite)
 BuildRequires: perl(DBI)
-BuildRequires: perl(WWW::Curl)
 BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::ParseXS)
 Requires: /usr/bin/perl
 Requires: curl
diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 6b16bc718..d825dd583 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ let
         configureFlags = ''
           --with-dbi=${perlPackages.DBI}/${perl.libPrefix}
           --with-dbd-sqlite=${perlPackages.DBDSQLite}/${perl.libPrefix}
-          --with-www-curl=${perlPackages.WWWCurl}/${perl.libPrefix}
           --enable-gc
         '';
 
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ let
           --disable-init-state
           --with-dbi=${perlPackages.DBI}/${perl.libPrefix}
           --with-dbd-sqlite=${perlPackages.DBDSQLite}/${perl.libPrefix}
-          --with-www-curl=${perlPackages.WWWCurl}/${perl.libPrefix}
           --enable-gc
           --sysconfdir=/etc
         '';
@@ -157,7 +155,6 @@ let
           --disable-init-state
           --with-dbi=${perlPackages.DBI}/${perl.libPrefix}
           --with-dbd-sqlite=${perlPackages.DBDSQLite}/${perl.libPrefix}
-          --with-www-curl=${perlPackages.WWWCurl}/${perl.libPrefix}
         '';
 
         dontInstall = false;
@@ -284,7 +281,7 @@ let
       src = jobs.tarball;
       diskImage = (diskImageFun vmTools.diskImageFuns)
         { extraPackages =
-            [ "perl-DBD-SQLite" "perl-devel" "sqlite" "sqlite-devel" "bzip2-devel" "emacs" "perl-WWW-Curl" "libcurl-devel" "openssl-devel" "xz-devel" ]
+            [ "perl-DBD-SQLite" "perl-devel" "sqlite" "sqlite-devel" "bzip2-devel" "emacs" "libcurl-devel" "openssl-devel" "xz-devel" ]
             ++ extraPackages; };
       memSize = 1024;
       meta.schedulingPriority = 50;