diff --git a/packages/m/metamath/.files b/packages/m/metamath/.files
index 29bcb0d4255..4b925327948 100644
Binary files a/packages/m/metamath/.files and b/packages/m/metamath/.files differ
diff --git a/packages/m/metamath/.rev b/packages/m/metamath/.rev
index 723701ae822..df4c82366fe 100644
--- a/packages/m/metamath/.rev
+++ b/packages/m/metamath/.rev
@@ -67,4 +67,16 @@ versioned alongside the program.
 - Only suggest the book to install.</comment>
     <requestid>946709</requestid>
   </revision>
+  <revision rev="7" vrev="7">
+    <srcmd5>4578e02175dbaba99241bade774e9348</srcmd5>
+    <version>unknown</version>
+    <time>1651351986</time>
+    <user>dimstar_suse</user>
+    <comment>- Disable build of metamath-book on Tumbleweed: it doesn't build
+  with TeXlive 2022 because of what seems to be a bug in
+  texlive-tabu. (gh#metamath/metamath-book#235)
+- Use symbolic dependencies for required TeX packages.
+</comment>
+    <requestid>974104</requestid>
+  </revision>
 </revisionlist>
diff --git a/packages/m/metamath/metamath.changes b/packages/m/metamath/metamath.changes
index 7f5d54fb91a..7021a923b6c 100644
--- a/packages/m/metamath/metamath.changes
+++ b/packages/m/metamath/metamath.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr 30 12:04:31 UTC 2022 - Aaron Puchert <aaronpuchert@alice-dsl.net>
+
+- Disable build of metamath-book on Tumbleweed: it doesn't build
+  with TeXlive 2022 because of what seems to be a bug in
+  texlive-tabu. (gh#metamath/metamath-book#235)
+- Use symbolic dependencies for required TeX packages.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jan 15 20:44:21 UTC 2022 - Aaron Puchert <aaronpuchert@alice-dsl.net>
 
diff --git a/packages/m/metamath/metamath.spec b/packages/m/metamath/metamath.spec
index 4053f1f8fa0..f098536b240 100644
--- a/packages/m/metamath/metamath.spec
+++ b/packages/m/metamath/metamath.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 
 
 # Do not build LaTeX docs on SLES.
-%if 0%{?is_opensuse}
+# Also don't build on Tumbleweed. Seems that tabu broke with TeXlive 2022.
+# https://github.com/metamath/metamath-book/issues/235.
+%if 0%{?is_opensuse} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1500
 %bcond_without  latex_doc
 %else
 %bcond_with     latex_doc
@@ -41,17 +43,18 @@ BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 %if %{with latex_doc}
-BuildRequires:  texlive-amsfonts
-BuildRequires:  texlive-anysize
 BuildRequires:  texlive-bibtex-bin
-BuildRequires:  texlive-breqn
-BuildRequires:  texlive-hyperref
 BuildRequires:  texlive-latex-bin
-BuildRequires:  texlive-makecell
 BuildRequires:  texlive-makeindex-bin
-BuildRequires:  texlive-microtype
-BuildRequires:  texlive-needspace
-BuildRequires:  texlive-tabu
+BuildRequires:  tex(amssymb.sty)
+BuildRequires:  tex(anysize.sty)
+BuildRequires:  tex(breqn.sty)
+BuildRequires:  tex(hyperref.sty)
+BuildRequires:  tex(longtable.sty)
+BuildRequires:  tex(makecell.sty)
+BuildRequires:  tex(microtype.sty)
+BuildRequires:  tex(needspace.sty)
+BuildRequires:  tex(tabu.sty)
 Suggests:       %{name}-book = %{book_version}
 %endif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build