diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3f48d65c11b..53045fff471 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11500,10 +11500,8 @@ with pkgs;
     introspectionSupport = true;
   });
 
-  poppler_min = poppler_0_61.override { # TODO: maybe reduce even more
+  poppler_min = poppler.override { # TODO: maybe reduce even more
     # this is currently only used by texlive.bin.
-    # pinned to 0.61 because texlive 2017 doesn't build w/poppler 0.64
-    # TODO: review poppler version for texlive 2018
     minimal = true;
     suffix = "min";
   };