diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index ae117070ab..ce9fff96eb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -3543,7 +3543,7 @@ (define-public texlive-base
                 ;; LaTeX packages from the "required" set.
                 texlive-latex-amsmath
                 texlive-amscls
-                texlive-latex-babel
+                texlive-babel
                 texlive-generic-babel-english
                 texlive-latex-cyrillic
                 texlive-latex-graphics