diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
index d3ca419c48d3..814f54f3863d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, bzip2, gfortran, libX11, libXmu, libXt, libjpeg, libpng
-, libtiff, ncurses, pango, pcre2, perl, readline, tcl, texlive, texLive, tk, xz, zlib
+, libtiff, ncurses, pango, pcre2, perl, readline, tcl, texlive, texliveSmall, tk, xz, zlib
 , less, texinfo, graphviz, icu, pkg-config, bison, imake, which, jdk, blas, lapack
 , curl, Cocoa, Foundation, libobjc, libcxx, tzdata
 , withRecommendedPackages ? true
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [
     bzip2 gfortran libX11 libXmu libXt libXt libjpeg libpng libtiff ncurses
-    pango pcre2 perl readline texLive xz zlib less texinfo graphviz icu
+    pango pcre2 perl readline (texliveSmall.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ inconsolata helvetic ps.texinfo fancyvrb cm-super rsfs ])) xz zlib less texinfo graphviz icu
     bison imake which blas lapack curl tcl tk jdk tzdata
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa Foundation libobjc libcxx ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e09deddb0f99..8925954aa7ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26086,9 +26086,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   R = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../applications/science/math/R {
     # TODO: split docs into a separate output
-    texLive = texlive.combine {
-      inherit (texlive) scheme-small inconsolata helvetic texinfo fancyvrb cm-super rsfs;
-    };
     withRecommendedPackages = false;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) Cocoa Foundation;
     inherit (darwin) libobjc;