diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 1c2553571d40..8f235df2617c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ in
       ''
         ALIASFILE=${xorg.fontalias}/share/fonts/X11/misc/fonts.alias
         test -f $ALIASFILE
-        ln -s $ALIASFILE $out/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias
+        cp $ALIASFILE $out/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias
       '';
   };