diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/ragel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/ragel/default.nix
index f359ed9c1684..db5590ccbb96 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/ragel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/ragel/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fig2dev, tex, ghostscript, colm
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fig2dev, texliveSmall, ghostscript, colm
 , build-manual ? false
 }:
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let
         inherit sha256;
       };
 
-      buildInputs = lib.optionals build-manual [ fig2dev ghostscript tex ];
+      buildInputs = lib.optionals build-manual [ fig2dev ghostscript texliveSmall ];
 
       preConfigure = lib.optionalString build-manual ''
         sed -i "s/build_manual=no/build_manual=yes/g" DIST
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5f881376cf0f..c16cc5d1b077 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19941,9 +19941,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   randoop = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/randoop { };
 
-  inherit (callPackages ../development/tools/parsing/ragel {
-      tex = texlive.combined.scheme-small;
-    }) ragelStable ragelDev;
+  inherit (callPackages ../development/tools/parsing/ragel { }) ragelStable ragelDev;
 
   hammer = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/hammer { };