diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index 2bd6477cf8..fea766879d 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@ (define entry->texlive-input
        (if (string-prefix? "texlive-" name)
            (cons (gexp-input thing output)
                  (append-map entry->texlive-input deps))
-           '()))))
+           (append-map entry->texlive-input deps)))))
   (define texlive-scripts-entry?
     (match-lambda
       (($ <manifest-entry> name version output thing deps)