diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/vesktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ve/vesktop/package.nix
index e30dc76a2499..5bde8c1f72f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ve/vesktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/vesktop/package.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = 1;
   };
 
-  # electron builds must be writable
   preBuild = ''
     # Validate electron version matches upstream package.json
     if [ "`jq -r '.devDependencies.electron' < package.json | cut -d. -f1 | tr -d '^'`" != "${lib.versions.major electron.version}" ]
@@ -95,12 +94,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       echo "ERROR: electron version mismatch between package.json and nixpkgs"
       exit 1
     fi
-  ''
-  + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-    cp -r ${electron.dist}/Electron.app .
-    chmod -R u+w Electron.app
-  ''
-  + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+
+    # electron builds must be writable
     cp -r ${electron.dist} electron-dist
     chmod -R u+w electron-dist
   '';
@@ -112,7 +107,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pnpm exec electron-builder \
       --dir \
       -c.asarUnpack="**/*.node" \
-      -c.electronDist=${if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then "." else "electron-dist"} \
+      -c.electronDist=electron-dist \
       -c.electronVersion=${electron.version} \
       ${lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-c.mac.identity=null"} # disable code signing on macos, https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/77f977435c99247d5db395895618b150f5006e8f/docs/code-signing.md#how-to-disable-code-signing-during-the-build-process-on-macos