diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index a56864be86..f2ef72c10a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -957,7 +957,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/bsd-games-stdio.h.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/beancount-disable-googleapis-fonts.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/beignet-correct-file-names.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/biber-adapt-perl-5.36.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/bidiv-update-fribidi.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-boot-2.20.1a.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/biber-adapt-perl-5.36.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/biber-adapt-perl-5.36.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 895813c1f2..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/biber-adapt-perl-5.36.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From d9e961710074d266ad6bdf395c98868d91952088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Petr=20P=C3=ADsa=C5=99?= <ppisar@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 12:41:59 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Adapt to Perl 5.36
-
-A developmental release of Perl 5.36.0 fails to run tests with:
-
-    $ perl -Ilib t/basic-misc.t
-    1..72
-    Can't modify undef operator in scalar assignment at lib/Biber/Section.pm line 433, near "undef;"
-    Compilation failed in require at lib/Biber.pm line 24.
-    BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/Biber.pm line 24.
-    Compilation failed in require at t/basic-misc.t line 11.
-    BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/basic-misc.t line 11.
-    # Looks like your test exited with 255 before it could output anything.
-
-This is because of a missing semicolon between commands in
-del_everykeys(). The new perl is more strict and raises a compile-time
-error:
-
-    $ perl -e '$a = undef $b = undef;'
-    Can't modify undef operator in scalar assignment at -e line 1, near "undef;"
-    Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
----
- lib/Biber/Section.pm | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/Biber/Section.pm b/lib/Biber/Section.pm
-index 03ed69a51..a78942f57 100644
---- a/lib/Biber/Section.pm
-+++ b/lib/Biber/Section.pm
-@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ sub add_everykey {
- 
- sub del_everykeys {
-   my $self = shift;
--  $self->{everykey} = undef
-+  $self->{everykey} = undef;
-   $self->{everykey_lc} = undef;
-   return;
- }
diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
index 13bf3fa84c..57852a3cee 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
@@ -10631,6 +10631,46 @@ used to justify strings to various alignment styles.")
 text sequences from strings.")
     (license (package-license perl))))
 
+(define-public perl-text-bibtex
+  (package
+    (name "perl-text-bibtex")
+    (version "0.88")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AM/AMBS/Text-BibTeX-"
+                           version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0b7lmjvfmypps1nw6nsdikgaakm0n0g4186glaqazg5xd1p5h55h"))))
+    (build-system perl-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'add-output-directory-to-rpath
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (substitute* "inc/MyBuilder.pm"
+               (("-Lbtparse" line)
+                (string-append "-Wl,-rpath="
+                               (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/lib " line)))
+             #t))
+         (add-after 'unpack 'install-libraries-to-/lib
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (substitute* "Build.PL"
+               (("lib64") "lib"))
+             #t)))))
+    (native-inputs
+     (list perl-capture-tiny perl-config-autoconf perl-extutils-libbuilder
+           perl-module-build))
+    (home-page "https://metacpan.org/release/Text-BibTeX")
+    (synopsis "Interface to read and parse BibTeX files")
+    (description "@code{Text::BibTeX} is a Perl library for reading, parsing,
+and processing BibTeX files.  @code{Text::BibTeX} gives you access to the data
+at many different levels: you may work with BibTeX entries as simple field to
+string mappings, or get at the original form of the data as a list of simple
+values (strings, macros, or numbers) pasted together.")
+    (license license:perl-license)))
+
 (define-public perl-text-charwidth
   (package
     (name "perl-text-charwidth")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 30ce70619b..bd81c33bee 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -9515,78 +9515,56 @@ This package contains the complete TeX Live distribution.")
     (license (license:fsf-free "https://www.tug.org/texlive/copying.html"))
     (home-page "https://www.tug.org/texlive/")))
 
-(define-public perl-text-bibtex
+(define-public texlive-biber
   (package
-    (name "perl-text-bibtex")
-    (version "0.88")
-    (source
-     (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/A/AM/AMBS/Text-BibTeX-"
-                           version ".tar.gz"))
-       (sha256
-        (base32
-         "0b7lmjvfmypps1nw6nsdikgaakm0n0g4186glaqazg5xd1p5h55h"))))
-    (build-system perl-build-system)
+    (name "texlive-biber")
+    (version (number->string %texlive-revision))
+    (source (texlive-origin
+             name version
+             (list "doc/bibtex/biber/" "source/bibtex/biber/")
+             (base32
+              "0i1hqr9zb7b9d1zjlyg4awa6mkyq6wnrb6z4689j1rg07vnbd7mw")))
+    (outputs '("out" "doc"))
+    (build-system texlive-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'add-output-directory-to-rpath
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (substitute* "inc/MyBuilder.pm"
-               (("-Lbtparse" line)
-                (string-append "-Wl,-rpath="
-                               (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/lib " line)))
-             #t))
-         (add-after 'unpack 'install-libraries-to-/lib
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (substitute* "Build.PL"
-               (("lib64") "lib"))
-             #t)))))
+     (list
+      #:tests? #true
+      #:imported-modules `(,@%texlive-build-system-modules
+                           (guix build perl-build-system))
+      #:modules '((guix build texlive-build-system)
+                  ((guix build perl-build-system) #:prefix perl:)
+                  (guix build utils))
+      #:phases
+      #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+          (add-after 'unpack 'unpack-biber-source
+            (lambda _
+              (mkdir-p "build")
+              (with-directory-excursion "build"
+                (invoke "tar" "xvf"
+                        "../source/bibtex/biber/biblatex-biber.tar.gz"
+                        "--strip-components=1"))))
+          (add-after 'unpack-biber-source 'build-biber
+            (lambda args
+              (with-directory-excursion "build"
+                (for-each (lambda (phase)
+                            (apply (assoc-ref perl:%standard-phases phase) args))
+                          '(configure build check install)))))
+          (add-after 'install 'wrap-programs
+            (lambda _
+              (let ((perl5lib (getenv "PERL5LIB")))
+                (wrap-program (string-append #$output "/bin/biber")
+                  `("PERL5LIB" ":" prefix
+                    (,(string-append perl5lib ":"
+                                     #$output "/lib/perl5/site_perl"))))))))))
     (native-inputs
-     (list perl-capture-tiny perl-config-autoconf perl-extutils-libbuilder
-           perl-module-build))
-    (home-page "https://metacpan.org/release/Text-BibTeX")
-    (synopsis "Interface to read and parse BibTeX files")
-    (description "@code{Text::BibTeX} is a Perl library for reading, parsing,
-and processing BibTeX files.  @code{Text::BibTeX} gives you access to the data
-at many different levels: you may work with BibTeX entries as simple field to
-string mappings, or get at the original form of the data as a list of simple
-values (strings, macros, or numbers) pasted together.")
-    (license license:perl-license)))
-
-(define-public biber
-  (package
-    ;; Note: When updating Biber, make sure it matches our BibLaTeX version by
-    ;; checking the Biber/BibLaTeX compatibility matrix in the BibLaTeX manual
-    ;; at <https://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex>.
-    (name "biber")
-    (version "2.16")
-    (source (origin
-              (method git-fetch)
-              (uri (git-reference
-                    (url "https://github.com/plk/biber/")
-                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
-              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "0586q8y1f2k23mvb02ccm3qsb35cwskafksixsjaih7a7xcf5gxx"))
-              (patches (search-patches "biber-adapt-perl-5.36.patch"))))
-    (build-system perl-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'install 'wrap-programs
-           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                    (perl5lib (getenv "PERL5LIB")))
-               (wrap-program (string-append out "/bin/biber")
-                 `("PERL5LIB" ":" prefix
-                   (,(string-append perl5lib ":" out
-                                    "/lib/perl5/site_perl")))))
-             #t)))))
+     (list perl-config-autoconf
+           perl-extutils-libbuilder
+           perl-file-which
+           perl-module-build
+           perl-test-differences))
     (inputs
-     (list perl-autovivification
+     (list perl
+           perl-autovivification
            perl-class-accessor
            perl-data-dump
            perl-data-compare
@@ -9625,19 +9603,15 @@ values (strings, macros, or numbers) pasted together.")
            perl-business-issn
            perl-business-ismn
            perl-lingua-translit))
-    (native-inputs
-     `(("perl-config-autoconf" ,perl-config-autoconf)
-       ("perl-extutils-libbuilder" ,perl-extutils-libbuilder)
-       ("perl-module-build" ,perl-module-build)
-       ;; for tests
-       ("perl-file-which" ,perl-file-which)
-       ("perl-test-more" ,perl-test-most) ; FIXME: "more" would be sufficient
-       ("perl-test-differences" ,perl-test-differences)))
-    (home-page "https://biblatex-biber.sourceforge.net/")
-    (synopsis "Backend for the BibLaTeX citation management tool")
-    (description "Biber is a BibTeX replacement for users of biblatex.  Among
-other things it comes with full Unicode support.")
-    (license license:artistic2.0)))
+    (home-page "https://ctan.org/pkg/biber")
+    (synopsis "BibTeX replacement for users of BibLaTeX")
+    (description
+     "Biber is a BibTeX replacement for users of BibLaTeX.  It supports full
+UTF-8, can (re)-encode input and output, supports highly configurable sorting,
+dynamic bibliography sets and many other features.")
+    (license license:gpl3+)))
+
+(define-deprecated-package biber texlive-biber)
 
 (define-public rubber
   (package