diff --git a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
index 7f59bae770..4b89ddafd1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ colors, styles, options and details.")
        ("perl" ,perl)
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)             ;For generating documentation
        ;; For the manual and the tests.
-       ("texlive" ,(texlive-union (list texlive-amsfonts
+       ("texlive" ,(texlive-union (list texlive-amsfonts/patched
                                         texlive-epsf
                                         texlive-etoolbox
                                         texlive-latex-base