diff --git a/app-text/texlive_core/texlive_core-2024.2.recipe b/app-text/texlive_core/texlive_core-2024.2.recipe
index 97d1629cf..6cb6fd1d9 100644
--- a/app-text/texlive_core/texlive_core-2024.2.recipe
+++ b/app-text/texlive_core/texlive_core-2024.2.recipe
@@ -446,11 +446,8 @@ REQUIRES="
 	lib:libcairo$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libfontconfig$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libfreetype$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libgd$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libgmp$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libgobject_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libgraphite2$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libgs$secondaryArchSuffix >= 10
 	lib:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libicudata$secondaryArchSuffix >= 74
 	lib:libicui18n$secondaryArchSuffix >= 74
@@ -478,6 +475,8 @@ REQUIRES_devel="
 	texlive_core$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
 	"
 
+# note: Some of these libraries are only needed by components we don't build, but the build system
+#       requires them regardless. They are omitted in REQUIRES above: libgd, libgobject and libgs
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
 	devel:libTECkit$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -487,7 +486,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libgmp$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libgobject_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libgraphite2$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libgs$secondaryArchSuffix >= 10
+	devel:libgs$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libicudata$secondaryArchSuffix >= 74
 	devel:libicui18n$secondaryArchSuffix >= 74