diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/lzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/lzip/default.nix
index 7fa7b4e35c85..3d55efdec15e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/lzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/lzip/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, texinfo }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
 # cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.23";
   outputs = [ "out" "man" "info" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ texinfo ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/lzip/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";