diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
index 83b5f1948902..0ca0867f44ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ core = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preConfigure = ''
     rm -r libs/{cairo,freetype2,gd,gmp,graphite2,harfbuzz,icu,libpaper,libpng} \
-      libs/{mpfr,pixman,poppler,xpdf,zlib,zziplib}
+      libs/{lua53,luajit,mpfr,pixman,poppler,xpdf,zlib,zziplib}
     mkdir WorkDir
     cd WorkDir
   '';
@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ core = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = common.configureFlags
     ++ [ "--without-x" ] # disable xdvik and xpdfopen
-    ++ map (what: "--disable-${what}") ([
+    ++ map (what: "--disable-${what}") [
       "chktex"
       "dvisvgm" "dvipng" # ghostscript dependency
-      "luatex" "luajittex" "mp" "pmp" "upmp" "mf" # cairo would bring in X and more
+      "luatex" "luajittex"
+      "mp" "pmp" "upmp" "mf" "mflua" "mfluajit" # cairo would bring in X and more
       "xetex" "bibtexu" "bibtex8" "bibtex-x" "upmendex" # ICU isn't small
-    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.isPower && stdenv.hostPlatform.is64bit) "mfluajit")
-    ;
+    ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;