diff --git a/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm b/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm
index 591fb1f298..cc53293221 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ (define-public texinfo
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("procps" ,procps)))  ;one of the tests needs pgrep
     (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
-              ("xz" ,xz)
               ("perl" ,perl)))
 
     (native-search-paths