diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 3dfa6d9ab513..93185f2dd5ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -136,17 +136,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   NIX_LDFLAGS = optionalString cudaSupport "-rpath ${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib";
 
   blenderExecutable =
-    placeholder "out" + (if stdenv.isDarwin then "/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender" else "/bin/blender");
-  postInstall = ''
+    placeholder "out" + (if stdenv.isDarwin then "/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender" else "/bin/blender");
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    mkdir $out/Applications
+    mv $out/Blender.app $out/Applications
+  '' + ''
     buildPythonPath "$pythonPath"
     wrapProgram $blenderExecutable \
       --prefix PATH : $program_PATH \
       --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$program_PYTHONPATH" \
       --add-flags '--python-use-system-env'
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    mkdir -p $out/Applications/Blender.app
-    ln -s $out/Blender.app $out/Applications/Blender.app
-    ln -s $out/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS $out/bin
   '';
 
   # Set RUNPATH so that libcuda and libnvrtc in /run/opengl-driver(-32)/lib can be