diff --git a/tools/install-recommended.sh b/tools/install-recommended.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 232122f02..000000000
--- a/tools/install-recommended.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-tlmgr install amscls amsfonts amsmath bibtex booktabs caption dvipdfmx ec etoolbox fancyvrb fontspec framed geometry graphics graphics-def gsftopk hyperref ifluatex ifxetex lm luaotfload makeindex mathspec natbib oberdiek titling tools upquote url xkeyval zapfding
diff --git a/tools/install-unx.sh b/tools/install-unx.sh
index 3aceff6e0..2c2fa57e5 100755
--- a/tools/install-unx.sh
+++ b/tools/install-unx.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ mkdir -p $TEXDIR
 mv texlive/* $TEXDIR
 rm -r texlive
 
-cd $TEXDIR/bin/*
-PATH=.:$PATH
-download https://github.com/yihui/tinytex/raw/master/tools/install-recommended.sh | sh
+$TEXDIR/bin/*/tlmgr install $(download https://github.com/yihui/tinytex/raw/master/tools/pkgs-custom.txt | tr '\n' ' ')
 
 if [ "$1" = '--admin' ]; then
   sudo $TEXDIR/bin/*/tlmgr path add
diff --git a/tools/pkgs-custom.txt b/tools/pkgs-custom.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f749c6474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pkgs-custom.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+amscls
+amsfonts
+amsmath
+bibtex
+booktabs
+caption
+dvipdfmx
+ec
+etoolbox
+fancyvrb
+fontspec
+framed
+geometry
+graphics
+graphics-def
+gsftopk
+hyperref
+ifluatex
+ifxetex
+lm
+luaotfload
+makeindex
+mathspec
+natbib
+oberdiek
+titling
+tools
+upquote
+url
+xkeyval
+zapfding