diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mit-scheme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/mit-scheme/default.nix
index ea5d15489863..1abbac512aa7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/mit-scheme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mit-scheme/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , makeWrapper
 , gnum4
 , texinfo
-, texLive
+, texliveSmall
 , automake
 , autoconf
 , libtool
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       $out/lib/mit-scheme${arch}-${version}
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper gnum4 texinfo texLive automake ghostscript autoconf libtool ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper gnum4 texinfo (texliveSmall.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ epsf ps.texinfo ])) automake ghostscript autoconf libtool ];
 
   # XXX: The `check' target doesn't exist.
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f27f54aa933d..e09deddb0f99 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16800,7 +16800,6 @@ with pkgs;
   mitama-cpp-result = callPackage ../development/libraries/mitama-cpp-result { };
 
   mitscheme = callPackage ../development/compilers/mit-scheme {
-    texLive = texlive.combine { inherit (texlive) scheme-small epsf texinfo; };
     texinfo = texinfo6;
   };