diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index b545fe8b55f..c19a7a48616 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gfortran readline ncurses perl flex texinfo qhull libX11
-    graphicsmagick pcre liblapack texLive pkgconfig mesa fltk zlib curl
+    graphicsmagick pcre liblapack pkgconfig mesa fltk zlib curl
     fftw fftwSinglePrec qrupdate ];
 
   doCheck = true;