diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/nix-generate-from-cpan.pl b/maintainers/scripts/nix-generate-from-cpan.pl
index d54d1c9e6256..e04d3713e9a1 100755
--- a/maintainers/scripts/nix-generate-from-cpan.pl
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/nix-generate-from-cpan.pl
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ sub pkg_to_attr {
 
 sub get_pkg_name {
     my ($module) = @_;
-    return ( $module->package_name, $module->package_version );
+    return ( $module->package_name, $module->package_version =~ s/^v(\d)/$1/r );
 }
 
 sub read_meta {