diff --git a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
index 3ddaa98c2f..116ca7c647 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ (define texinfo-boot0
   ;; Also, use %BOOT0-INPUTS to avoid building Perl once more.
   (let ((texinfo (package (inherit texinfo)
                    (native-inputs '())
-                   (inputs (alist-delete "ncurses" (package-inputs texinfo))))))
+                   (inputs `(("perl" ,perl-boot0))))))
     (package-with-bootstrap-guile
      (package-with-explicit-inputs texinfo %boot0-inputs
                                    (current-source-location)