diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
index f553908d9ccb..de9182c0b035 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ in (buildEnv {
     "/tex/generic/config" # make it a real directory for scheme-infraonly
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ] ++ pkgList.extraInputs;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  buildInputs = [ ] ++ pkgList.extraInputs;
 
   # This is set primarily to help find-tarballs.nix to do its job
   passthru.packages = pkgList.all;