diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix
index 7d00099ece85..1e3c1948d6d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/build-tex-env.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   # texlive package set
   tl,
-  bin,
 
   tlpdbVersion,
 
@@ -12,9 +11,7 @@
   makeWrapper,
   runCommand,
   writeShellScript,
-  writeText,
   toTLPkgSets,
-  bash,
   perl,
 
   # common runtime dependencies
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine-wrapper.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine-wrapper.nix
index 3176bebc368e..e7bd78ff720a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine-wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine-wrapper.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {
   lib,
   toTLPkgList,
-  toTLPkgSets,
   buildTeXEnv,
 }:
 args@{