diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d105b65d4e0f..5738c944ef89 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1112,7 +1112,6 @@ rec {
 
   gcc42 = useFromStdenv "gcc" (wrapGCC (import ../development/compilers/gcc-4.2 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv noSysDirs;
-    texinfo = texinfo49;
     profiledCompiler = true;
   }));