diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 61f2b45b2dfd..a49ab8311282 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23224,7 +23224,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
     # latest 6.8 mysteriously fails to parse '@headings single':
     #   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2021-09/msg00011.html
-    texinfo = texinfo6_7;
+    texinfo = buildPackages.texinfo6_7;
   };
 
   gpm-ncurses = gpm.override { inherit ncurses; };