diff --git a/doc/build.scm b/doc/build.scm
index 9c0cc99404..577f900e20 100644
--- a/doc/build.scm
+++ b/doc/build.scm
@@ -912,11 +912,10 @@ (define texinfo-profile
                      sed
                      tar
                      texinfo
-                     texlive-base
-                     texlive-bin        ;for GUIX_TEXMF
-                     texlive-epsf
-                     texlive-ec
-                     texlive-texinfo)))))
+                     (texlive-updmap.cfg
+                      (list texlive-ec
+                            texlive-epsf
+                            texlive-texinfo)))))))
 
   (define build
     (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index 11b57ae57a..a25b8d2cb3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -4837,9 +4837,8 @@ (define-public r-spams
      (list hevea
            perl
            swig
-           ;;texlive-aeguill    ;;FIXME: package me!
-           texlive-base
-           texlive-jknapltx))
+           (texlive-updmap.cfg
+            (list texlive-aeguill texlive-jknapltx))))
     (propagated-inputs
      (list r-lattice
            r-matrix))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 63b835c6bb..19272dbbc5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -4135,52 +4135,6 @@ (define-public texlive-psnfss
 
 (define-deprecated-package texlive-latex-psnfss texlive-psnfss)
 
-;; For user profiles
-(define-public texlive-base
-  (let ((default-packages
-          (list texlive-bin
-                texlive-cm
-                texlive-cm-super        ; to avoid bitmap fonts
-                texlive-dvips
-                texlive-fontname
-                texlive-graphics
-                texlive-kpathsea        ;for mktex.opt
-                texlive-latex-base
-                texlive-latex-fonts
-                texlive-metafont
-                ;; LaTeX packages from the "required" set.
-                texlive-amsmath
-                texlive-amscls
-                texlive-babel
-                texlive-babel-english
-                texlive-cyrillic
-                texlive-psnfss
-                texlive-tools)))
-    (package
-      (name "texlive-base")
-      (version (number->string %texlive-revision))
-      (source #f)
-      (build-system trivial-build-system)
-      (arguments
-       '(#:builder
-         (begin (mkdir (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))))
-      (propagated-inputs
-       (map (lambda (package)
-              (list (package-name package) package))
-            default-packages))
-      (home-page (package-home-page texlive-bin))
-      (synopsis "TeX Live base packages")
-      (description "This is a very limited subset of the TeX Live distribution.
-It includes little more than the required set of LaTeX packages.")
-      (license (fold (lambda (package result)
-                       (match (package-license package)
-                         ((lst ...)
-                          (append lst result))
-                         ((? license:license? license)
-                          (cons license result))))
-                     '()
-                     default-packages)))))
-
 (define-public texlive-default-updmap.cfg
   (origin
     (method url-fetch)
@@ -4193,15 +4147,29 @@ (define-public texlive-default-updmap.cfg
      (base32
       "0zhpyld702im6352fwp41f2hgfkpj2b4j1kfsjqbkijlcmvb6w2c"))))
 
-;;; TODO: Add a TeX Live profile hook computing fonts maps (and others?)
-;;; configuration from the packages in the profile, similar to what's done
-;;; below.
 (define-public texlive-updmap.cfg
   (lambda* (#:optional (packages '()))
     "Return a 'texlive-updmap.cfg' package which contains the fonts map
 configuration of a base set of packages plus PACKAGES."
-    (let ((default-packages (match (package-propagated-inputs texlive-base)
-                              (((labels packages) ...) packages))))
+    (let ((default-packages
+            (list texlive-bin
+                  texlive-cm
+                  texlive-cm-super
+                  texlive-dvips
+                  texlive-fontname
+                  texlive-graphics
+                  texlive-kpathsea
+                  texlive-latex-base
+                  texlive-latex-fonts
+                  texlive-metafont
+                  ;; LaTeX packages from the "required" set.
+                  texlive-amsmath
+                  texlive-amscls
+                  texlive-babel
+                  texlive-babel-english
+                  texlive-cyrillic
+                  texlive-psnfss
+                  texlive-tools)))
       (package
         (version (number->string %texlive-revision))
         (source (origin
@@ -13082,6 +13050,8 @@ (define-public texlive-scheme-basic
 @code{collection-latex}.")
     (license (license:fsf-free "https://www.tug.org/texlive/copying.html"))))
 
+(define-deprecated-package texlive-base texlive-scheme-basic)
+
 ;;;
 ;;; Avoid adding new packages to the end of this file. To reduce the chances
 ;;; of a merge conflict, place them above by existing packages with similar
diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index 6467e464c8..05fa5fa862 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -1868,8 +1868,8 @@ (define build
               (invoke mktexlsr b)
               (install-file (string-append b "/ls-R") a))))))
 
-  (mlet %store-monad ((texlive-base (manifest-lookup-package manifest "texlive-base")))
-    (if (and texlive-base (pair? texlive-inputs))
+  (with-monad %store-monad
+    (if (pair? texlive-inputs)
         (gexp->derivation "texlive-font-maps" build
                           #:substitutable? #f
                           #:local-build? #t