diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
index d9158ad55ab5..1a92f3aa0072 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/default.nix
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ let
 
 in rec {
 
-  perl = perl520;
+  perl = perl522;
 
   perl520 = common {
     version = "5.20.3";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 18ef6145df0f..455b99a6cf17 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       sha256 = "0k8rcmgl9ysk6h4racd5sximida5ypn8fdzi7q34rpq4l7xqcm2n";
     };
     buildInputs = [ TestDeep TestWarn ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ HTMLParser self."if" ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ HTMLParser ];
     meta = {
       homepage = https://metacpan.org/module/CGI;
       description = "Handle Common Gateway Interface requests and responses";
@@ -1719,6 +1719,11 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "09ifd6v0c94vr20n9yr1dxgcp7hyscqq851szdip7y24bd26nlbc";
     };
+    buildInputs = [ ModuleBuild ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Provide utility methods for factory classes";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+    };
   };
 
   ClassInspector = buildPerlPackage {
@@ -3010,7 +3015,8 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/DateTime-Format-ICal-0.09.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "8b09f6539f5e9c0df0e6135031699ed4ef9eef8165fc80aefeecc817ef997c33";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ DateTime DateTimeEventICal DateTimeSet DateTimeTimeZone ParamsValidate ];
+    buildInputs = [ ModuleBuild ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ DateTime DateTimeEventICal DateTimeSet DateTimeTimeZone ];
     meta = {
       description = "Parse and format iCal datetime and duration strings";
       license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
@@ -3173,7 +3179,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RO/ROKR/DateTimeX-Easy-0.089.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "17e6d202e7ac6049523048e97bb8f195e3c79208570da1504f4313584e487a79";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ TestMost ];
+    buildInputs = [ TestMost ModuleBuild ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ DateTime DateTimeFormatFlexible DateTimeFormatICal DateTimeFormatNatural TimeDate ];
     meta = {
       description = "Parse a date/time string using the best method available";
@@ -3216,6 +3222,15 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ IOCaptureOutput ];
   };
 
+  DevelCheckOS = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Devel-CheckOS-1.76";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DC/DCANTRELL/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "f83fb4cb8de060f607214b1e88c98ac6c4e065371e646fe896f16ea887aecb0c";
+    };
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ DataCompare FileFindRule ];
+  };
+
   DevelDProf = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "Devel-DProf-20110802.00";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -3611,14 +3626,15 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   DevelSymdump = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "Devel-Symdump-2.11";
+    name = "Devel-Symdump-2.15";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AN/ANDK/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0i5m2w8rsmp5lqi1y5y6b6938pidpz9hg92xahrshaddph00358i";
+      sha256 = "76c2a90d31318204ecf1977f0217ce57b142e6681fe2b99fb8789efc5dd86f41";
+    };
+    meta = {
+      description = "Dump symbol names or the symbol table";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [
-      TestPod /* cyclic dependency: TestPodCoverage */
-    ];
   };
 
   Digest = buildPerlPackage {
@@ -5908,18 +5924,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  "if" = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "if-0.0606";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RJ/RJBS/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "63d69282d6c4c9e76370b78d770ca720cea88cfe5ee5b612709240fc6078d50e";
-    };
-    meta = {
-      description = "C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds (also can C<no> a module)";
-      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
-      maintainers = [ maintainers.rycee ];
-    };
-  };
+  "if" = null;
 
   # For backwards compatibility.
   if_ = self."if";
@@ -6640,13 +6645,15 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  ListMoreUtils = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "List-MoreUtils-0.33";
+  ListMoreUtils = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "List-MoreUtils-0.413";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/List-MoreUtils-0.33.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "1bcljhhsk5g0xykvgbxz10ilmj02s58ydiy3g8hbzdr29i20np1i";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RE/REHSACK/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "4d6429d5672ce74a59d6490320252cb8b5b8285db8fe9c6551a4162e5375ef37";
     };
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ ExporterTiny ];
     meta = {
+      homepage = https://metacpan.org/release/List-MoreUtils;
       description = "Provide the stuff missing in List::Util";
       license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
@@ -7529,11 +7536,11 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  ModulePluggable = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "Module-Pluggable-5.1";
+  ModulePluggable = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Module-Pluggable-5.2";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SI/SIMONW/Module-Pluggable-5.1.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "0vwi433pk7n1ia5wy67j3545jvmjf1hb4jwcvzrz25mv8d03bp72";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/S/SI/SIMONW/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "b3f2ad45e4fd10b3fb90d912d78d8b795ab295480db56dc64e86b9fa75c5a6df";
     };
     patches = [
       # !!! merge this patch into Perl itself (which contains Module::Pluggable as well)
@@ -7573,6 +7580,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/Z/ZE/ZEFRAM/Module-Runtime-0.014.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "19326f094jmjs6mgpwkyisid54k67w34br8yfh0gvaaml87gwi2c";
     };
+    buildInputs = [ ModuleBuild ];
     meta = {
       homepage = http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?CPAN::Meta::Spec;
       description = "Runtime module handling";
@@ -7955,15 +7963,16 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  MooseXDaemonize = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "MooseX-Daemonize-0.15";
+  MooseXDaemonize = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "MooseX-Daemonize-0.21";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/M/MI/MICHAELR/MooseX-Daemonize-0.15.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "1h6rzdmk68q4p0nh2bzmwwvr5iaf7pvdfrpwdxmr3z5pc64wajvd";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "111f391221d00f8b09cdcc6c806ab114324cf7f529d12f627fb97d054da42225";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ TestMoose ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ Moose MooseXGetopt MooseXTypesPathClass ];
+    buildInputs = [ DevelCheckOS ModuleBuildTiny Moose TestFatal ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ Moose MooseXGetopt MooseXTypesPathClass namespaceautoclean ];
     meta = {
+      homepage = https://github.com/moose/MooseX-Daemonize;
       description = "Role for daemonizing your Moose based application";
       license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
@@ -8246,7 +8255,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "e9e8c36284cf1adc6563c980c0a4f0a7df720dbaaece0dd6be66b975dde5db7a";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ ModuleBuildTiny Moose TestFatal TestRequires self."if" ];
+    buildInputs = [ ModuleBuildTiny Moose TestFatal TestRequires ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ CarpClan Moose SubExporterForMethods SubName namespaceautoclean ];
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/moose/MooseX-Types;
@@ -8263,7 +8272,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       sha256 = "ff0c963f5e8304acb5f64bdf9ba1f19284311148e1a8f0d1f81f123f9950f5f2";
     };
     buildInputs = [ ModuleBuildTiny TestDeep TestWarnings perl ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ MooseXTypes self."if" ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ MooseXTypes ];
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/moose/MooseX-Types-Common;
       description = "A library of commonly used type constraints";
@@ -9565,13 +9574,11 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  PadWalker = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "PadWalker-1.98";
+  PadWalker = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "PadWalker-2.2";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RO/ROBIN/PadWalker-1.98.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "0v2pldb5awflf10w1p9pwn8w37lkpfc2h459gd9zz6p57883ibw0";
-    };
-    meta = {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/R/RO/ROBIN/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "fc1df2084522e29e892da393f3719d2c1be0da022fdd89cff4b814167aecfea3";
     };
   };
 
@@ -10354,22 +10361,20 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
   };
 
   SQLTranslator = buildPerlPackage rec {
-    name = "SQL-Translator-0.11020";
+    name = "SQL-Translator-0.11021";
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/I/IL/ILMARI/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "18mqnppwk1076sxcink5ajk75ysway0bd049hwxvk8md39x0y7ar";
+      sha256 = "64cb38a9f78367bc115359a999003bbeb3c32cc75bba8306ec1a938fc441bfd1";
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [
-      ClassBase ClassDataInheritable ClassMakeMethods DigestSHA1 CarpClan IOStringy
-      ParseRecDescent ClassAccessor DBI FileShareDir XMLWriter YAML TestDifferences
-      TemplateToolkit GraphViz XMLLibXML TestPod TextRecordParser HTMLParser
-      SpreadsheetParseExcel Graph GD Moo TryTiny PackageVariant
-    ];
+    buildInputs = [ JSON TestDifferences TestException XMLWriter YAML ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ CarpClan DBI FileShareDir ListMoreUtils Moo PackageVariant ParseRecDescent TryTiny ];
     meta = {
+      description = "SQL DDL transformations and more";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
       platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
     };
   };
-  
+
   PackageVariant = buildPerlPackage {
     name = "Package-Variant-1.002002";
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -11605,17 +11610,17 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  TestMemoryCycle = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "Test-Memory-Cycle-1.04";
+  TestMemoryCycle = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Test-Memory-Cycle-1.06";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/Test-Memory-Cycle-1.04.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "09qj48gmj25xgm0k12n1xx7chdk9gdy3sck4pabvzs0v00nmv9p5";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "9d53ddfdc964cd8454cb0da4c695b6a3ae47b45839291c34cb9d8d1cfaab3202";
     };
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ DevelCycle PadWalker ];
     meta = {
       description = "Verifies code hasn't left circular references";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ ocharles ];
-      platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
     };
   };
 
@@ -11647,13 +11652,18 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
-  TestMockObject = buildPerlPackage {
-    name = "Test-MockObject-1.09";
+  TestMockObject = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Test-MockObject-1.20150527";
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CH/CHROMATIC/Test-MockObject-1.09.tar.gz;
-      sha256 = "1cz385x0jrkj84nmfs6qyzwwvv8m9v8r2isagfj1zxvhdw49wdyy";
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/C/CH/CHROMATIC/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "adf1357a9014b3a397ff7ecbf1835dec376a67a37bb2e788734a627e17dc1d98";
+    };
+    buildInputs = [ TestException TestWarn CGI ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ UNIVERSALcan UNIVERSALisa ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Perl extension for emulating troublesome interfaces";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [TestException UNIVERSALisa UNIVERSALcan];
   };
 
   TestMoose = Moose;
@@ -11982,7 +11992,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "ae2b68b1b5616704598ce07f5118efe42dc4605834453b7b2be14e26f9cc9a08";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ TestTester CPANMetaCheck ModuleMetadata self."if" ];
+    buildInputs = [ TestTester CPANMetaCheck ModuleMetadata ];
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/karenetheridge/Test-Warnings;
       description = "Test for warnings and the lack of them";
@@ -12011,6 +12021,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/Test-WWW-Mechanize-1.44.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "062pj242vsc73bw11jqpap92ax9wzc9f2m4xhyp1wzrwkfchpl2q";
     };
+    buildInputs = [ CGI ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ CarpAssertMore HTMLTree HTTPServerSimple LWP TestLongString URI WWWMechanize ];
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/petdance/test-www-mechanize;
@@ -12053,7 +12064,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
       url = mirror://cpan/authors/id/L/LB/LBROCARD/Test-WWW-Mechanize-PSGI-0.35.tar.gz;
       sha256 = "1hih8s49zf38bisvhnhzrrj0zwyiivkrbs7nmmdqm1qqy27wv7pc";
     };
-    buildInputs = [ TestPod ];
+    buildInputs = [ TestPod CGI ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ Plack TestWWWMechanize TryTiny ];
     meta = {
       description = "Test PSGI programs using WWW::Mechanize";