diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
index 5e6db9fdc209..59c0396eebea 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fortune/default.nix
@@ -2,24 +2,25 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "fortune-mod-1.99.1";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fortune-mod/fortune-mod_1.99.1.orig.tar.gz;
     sha256 = "1kpa2hgbglj5dbfasvl9wc1q3xpl91mqn3sfby46r4rwyzhswlgw";
   };
-  
+
   buildInputs = [ recode ];
-  
+
   preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i "s|/usr/|$out/|" Makefile 
+    sed -i "s|/usr/|$out/|" Makefile
   '';
 
   preBuild = ''
     makeFlagsArray=("CC=$CC" "REGEXDEFS=-DHAVE_REGEX_H -DPOSIX_REGEX" "LDFLAGS=")
   '';
-  
+
   postInstall = ''
-    ln -s $out/games/fortune $out/bin/fortune
+    mv $out/games/fortune $out/bin/fortune
+    rmdir $out/games
   '';
 
   meta = {