diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/lmodern/lmmath.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/lmodern/lmmath.nix
index 651a84726af6..90132272dd10 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/lmodern/lmmath.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/lmodern/lmmath.nix
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   sourceRoot = ".";
 
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/texmf/fonts/opentype
+    mkdir -p $out/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype
     mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/opentype
 
-    cp *.{OTF,otf} $out/texmf/fonts/opentype/lmmath-regular.otf
+    cp *.{OTF,otf} $out/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/lmmath-regular.otf
     cp *.{OTF,otf} $out/share/fonts/opentype/lmmath-regular.otf
 
     ln -s $out/texmf* $out/share/
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.1.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.1.nix
index cca368f619a6..2f318f18d542 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/5.1.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ ncurses perl ];
 
   preInstall = ''
-    installFlags="TEXMF=$out/texmf";
+    installFlags="TEXMF=$out/texmf-dist";
     installTargets="install install-tex";
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht/default.nix
index 24612de549e0..f903ef5792f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tex4ht/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     for f in src/tex4ht src/t4ht src/htcmd "bin/unix/"*; do
       mv $f $out/bin/
     done
-    mv texmf $out/
+    mv texmf $out/texmf-dist
   '';
 
   meta = {