diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/btrbk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/btrbk/default.nix
index dd10eeb8e5a..958afa3f6a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/btrbk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/btrbk/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, bash, btrfs-progs, openssh, perl, perlPackages
-, utillinux, asciidoc-full, makeWrapper }:
+, utillinux, asciidoc, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "btrbk-${version}";
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "04ahfm52vcf1w0c2km0wdgj2jpffp45bpawczmygcg8fdcm021lp";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = with perlPackages; [ asciidoc-full makeWrapper perl DateCalc ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ asciidoc makeWrapper ];
+
+  buildInputs = with perlPackages; [ perl DateCalc ];
 
   preInstall = ''
     for f in $(find . -name Makefile); do
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c493337c16..1ff50d20958 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -886,7 +886,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   btrfs-dedupe = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/btrfs-dedupe/default.nix {};
 
-  btrbk = callPackage ../tools/backup/btrbk { };
+  btrbk = callPackage ../tools/backup/btrbk {
+    asciidoc = asciidoc-full;
+  };
 
   buildtorrent = callPackage ../tools/misc/buildtorrent { };