diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 8c59aaf67f..ae1ff5e62f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -3493,7 +3493,7 @@ (define-public texlive-union
                  (delete-file (string-append out "/share/texmf-dist/ls-R")))
                #t))))
         (inputs
-         `(("bash" ,bash)
+         `(("bash" ,bash-minimal)
            ,@(map (lambda (package)
                     (list (package-name package) package))
                   (append default-packages packages))))