diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix
index 4363edf0a025..052feaf8761a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  texinfo6_5,
+  texinfo6,
   libXext,
   xorgproto,
   libX11,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    texinfo6_5
+    texinfo6
     libXext
     xorgproto
     libX11
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5292a258da39..6e2a10cb18da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7687,7 +7687,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   texinfoPackages = callPackages ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix { };
   inherit (texinfoPackages)
-    texinfo6_5 # needed for allegro
+    texinfo6_5
     texinfo6
     texinfo7
     ;