diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix
index e8cb1a572f70..e246185e2a19 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, texinfo6, texlive, perl, ghostscript }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, texinfo6, texliveMedium, perl, ghostscript }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ne";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace src/makefile --replace "-lcurses" "-lncurses"
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ texlive.combined.scheme-medium texinfo6 perl ghostscript ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ texliveMedium texinfo6 perl ghostscript ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];