diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
index 022214e3fe7..0c496318e48 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ let
     ]
       ++ withSystemLibs [
       # see "from TL tree" vs. "Using installed"  in configure output
-      "zziplib" "xpdf" "mpfr" "gmp"
+      "zziplib" "mpfr" "gmp"
       "pixman" "potrace" "gd" "freetype2" "libpng" "libpaper" "zlib"
     ];