diff --git a/perl/configure.ac b/perl/configure.ac
index d617c785..7a6b28be 100644
--- a/perl/configure.ac
+++ b/perl/configure.ac
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SODIUM], [libsodium],
    have_sodium=1], [have_sodium=])
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_SODIUM, [$have_sodium])
 
-# Check for the required Perl dependencies (DBI, DBD::SQLite and WWW::Curl).
+# Check for the required Perl dependencies (DBI and DBD::SQLite).
 perlFlags="-I$perllibdir"
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(dbi, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-dbi=PATH],
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ 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)
@@ -74,13 +70,6 @@ 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)
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NIX], [nix-store])
diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 8727c252..6136f650 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ let
         configureFlags = ''
           --with-dbi=${perlPackages.DBI}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}
           --with-dbd-sqlite=${perlPackages.DBDSQLite}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}
-          --with-www-curl=${perlPackages.WWWCurl}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}
         '';
 
         enableParallelBuilding = true;