diff --git a/docs/developers-guide-osx.md b/docs/developers-guide-osx.md
index c21291ef933344fb645ebff77fba5a211f81dfb3..97e75f04d5d80d41c89737e92daf7233db52cdb2 100644
--- a/docs/developers-guide-osx.md
+++ b/docs/developers-guide-osx.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ You'll need to run the following commands before building the app:
 git submodule update --init
 
 # Install Perl modules used by ./setup and ./release
-sudo cpan install --force File::Copy::Recursive JSON Readonly String::Util Text::Caml WWW::Curl::Simple
+sudo cpan install File::Copy::Recursive JSON Readonly String::Util Text::Caml WWW::Curl::Simple
 
 # Copy JRE and uberjar
 ./bin/osx-setup