diff --git a/gnu/packages/chez.scm b/gnu/packages/chez.scm
index bb389c7a77..2c8d53def8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/chez.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/chez.scm
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ Chez Scheme.")))
        (propagated-inputs
         (list xorg-rgb
               (texlive-updmap.cfg
-               (list texlive-dvips-l3backend
+               (list texlive-l3backend
                      texlive-hyperref
                      texlive-bibtex
                      texlive-epsf
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index f0c00cd1a5..14583f7b45 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ integer programming problems and computes Markov bases for statistics.")
                          automake
                          libtool
                          texlive-amsfonts
-                         texlive-dvips-l3backend
+                         texlive-l3backend
                          texlive-graphics
                          texlive-l3backend
                          texlive-tiny))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
index ab0aa0574a..d3990bdd4d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ocaml.scm
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ libpanel, librsvg and quartz.")
        ;; For documentation
        ("ghostscript" ,ghostscript)
        ("texlive" ,(texlive-updmap.cfg
-                    (list texlive-fonts-ec texlive-dvips-l3backend)))
+                    (list texlive-fonts-ec texlive-l3backend)))
        ("hevea" ,hevea)
        ("lynx" ,lynx)
        ("which" ,which)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
index 46e86158b6..57517c5bd2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
@@ -308,18 +308,18 @@ colors, styles, options and details.")
            texinfo                      ;for generating documentation
            (texlive-updmap.cfg
             (list texlive-amsfonts
-                  texlive-dvips-l3backend
                   texlive-epsf
                   texlive-etoolbox
                   texlive-fonts-ec
-                  texlive-infwarerr
-                  texlive-kvdefinekeys
-                  texlive-grfext
-                  texlive-hyperref
-                  texlive-latex-base
                   texlive-latex-geometry
                   texlive-graphics
+                  texlive-grfext
+                  texlive-hyperref
+                  texlive-infwarerr
+                  texlive-kvdefinekeys
                   texlive-kvoptions
+                  texlive-l3backend
+                  texlive-latex-base
                   texlive-latex-media9
                   texlive-oberdiek      ;for ifluatex
                   texlive-latex-ocgx2
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index e0619b105b..6a06851bab 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -3943,6 +3943,7 @@ are distributed separately from l3kernel to allow this code to be updated on
 an independent schedule.")
     (license license:lppl1.3c)))
 
+(define-deprecated-package texlive-dvips-l3backend texlive-l3backend)
 (define-deprecated-package texlive-latex-l3backend texlive-l3backend)
 
 (define-public texlive-latex-l3packages
@@ -4017,23 +4018,6 @@ programming tools and kernel support.  Packages provided in this release are:
 @end enumerate\n")
     (license license:lppl1.3c+)))
 
-(define-public texlive-dvips-l3backend
-  (package
-    (inherit (simple-texlive-package
-              "texlive-dvips-l3backend"
-              (list
-               "/dvips/l3backend/")
-              (base32
-               "1hvj153h1pn93h6n76dv3mg9ai0mcz9q9mysfiqjfpqzijz9ikky")
-              #:trivial? #t))
-    (home-page "https://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3backend")
-    (synopsis "LaTeX3 backend drivers for dvips")
-    (description
-     "This package forms parts of expl3, and contains the code used to
-interface with backends (drivers) across the expl3 codebase.  The functions
-here are defined for the dvips engine only.")
-    (license license:lppl1.3c+)))
-
 (define-public texlive-fontspec
   (let ((template (simple-texlive-package
                    "texlive-fontspec"