diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/giac/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/giac/default.nix
index 752b05fe4feb..0dc12b6dcb05 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/giac/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/giac/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, texlive, bison, flex, lapack, blas
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, texliveSmall, bison, flex, lapack, blas
 , autoreconfHook, gmp, mpfr, pari, ntl, gsl, mpfi, ecm, glpk, nauty
 , buildPackages, readline, gettext, libpng, libao, gfortran, perl
 , enableGUI ? false, libGL, libGLU, xorg, fltk
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook texlive.combined.scheme-small bison flex
+    autoreconfHook texliveSmall bison flex
   ];
 
   # perl is only needed for patchShebangs fixup.