diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-tikz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-tikz/default.nix
index 62e7df21ab8c..4e47298c8060 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-tikz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-tikz/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , sphinx
 , pdf2svg
-, texLive
+, texliveSmall
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace sphinxcontrib/tikz.py \
-      --replace "config.latex_engine" "'${texLive}/bin/pdflatex'" \
+      --replace "config.latex_engine" "'${texliveSmall.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ standalone pgfplots ])}/bin/pdflatex'" \
       --replace "system(['pdf2svg'" "system(['${pdf2svg}/bin/pdf2svg'"
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4fca638be81f..bd0b44f9fe87 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13244,9 +13244,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   sphinxcontrib-spelling = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-spelling { };
 
-  sphinxcontrib-tikz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-tikz {
-    texLive = pkgs.texlive.combine { inherit (pkgs.texlive) scheme-small standalone pgfplots; };
-  };
+  sphinxcontrib-tikz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-tikz { };
 
   sphinxcontrib-wavedrom = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-wavedrom { };