diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/wrapper.nix
index bc7a5174e26..f5c9f12a23f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/wrapper.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
   buildCommand = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share
-    ln -s ${xmonadEnv}/share/man $out/share/man
+    install -D ${xmonadEnv}/share/man/man1/xmonad.1.gz $out/share/man/man1/xmonad.1.gz
     makeWrapper ${xmonadEnv}/bin/xmonad $out/bin/xmonad \
       --set NIX_GHC "${xmonadEnv}/bin/ghc" \
       --set XMONAD_XMESSAGE "${xmessage}/bin/xmessage"