diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-DateTime/template b/srcpkgs/perl-DateTime/template
index ec0474ac913..cd463b9020b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-DateTime/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-DateTime/template
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="perl-DateTime-Locale perl-DateTime-TimeZone"
 checkdepends="perl-CPAN-Meta-Check perl-Test-Fatal perl-Test-Warnings"
-depends="${makedepends}"
+depends="$makedepends"
 short_desc="A date and time object for Perl"
 maintainer="John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>"
 license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/DateTime"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/DateTime/${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ed6b0c71ddd81310a82459508df9197074e6b13aea46fd279045c3ddc3c4b198
+
+# XXX: remove this once PERL rebuild is done
+makedepends+=" perl-Package-Stash-XS perl-Sub-Identify perl-Variable-Magic"