diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht/default.nix
index 5aaae2c06b2..6f387b5bf8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht/default.nix
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "A system to convert (La)TeX documents to HTML and various other formats";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lppl12;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    broken = true; # use the one from texlive.tex4ht
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 98dbd70fe96..317903b4988 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17815,7 +17815,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tewi-font = callPackage ../data/fonts/tewi  {};
 
-  tex4ht = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht { };
+  tex4ht = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht { tetex = null; };
 
   texFunctions = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/nix pkgs;