diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/asymptote/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/asymptote/default.nix
index a03799b5ed85..a5968425f5d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/asymptote/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/asymptote/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , boehmgc, libGLU, libGL, mesa, ncurses, readline, gsl, libsigsegv
 , python3, qtbase, qtsvg, boost
 , zlib, perl, curl
-, texLive, texinfo
+, texliveSmall, texinfo
 , darwin
 }:
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ghostscriptX imagemagick fftw
     boehmgc ncurses readline gsl libsigsegv
     zlib perl curl qtbase qtsvg boost
-    texLive
+    (texliveSmall.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ epsf cm-super ps.texinfo media9 ocgx2 collection-latexextra ]))
     (python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ cson numpy pyqt5 ]))
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7430470115b8..f27f54aa933d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3319,9 +3319,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   astc-encoder = callPackage ../tools/graphics/astc-encoder { };
 
-  asymptote = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/graphics/asymptote {
-    texLive = texlive.combine { inherit (texlive) scheme-small epsf cm-super texinfo media9 ocgx2 collection-latexextra; };
-  };
+  asymptote = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/graphics/asymptote { };
 
   async = callPackage ../development/tools/async { };