diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
index 2e9ccc70ff2b..c503a1fd82a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ in (buildEnv {
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [ ] ++ pkgList.extraInputs;
+  buildInputs = pkgList.extraInputs;
 
   # This is set primarily to help find-tarballs.nix to do its job
   passthru.packages = pkgList.all;