diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index 0955b849aa9..cfc2da2bdd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     ln -s "$out/bin/chromium" "$out/bin/chromium-browser"
 
-    mkdir -p "$out/share/applications"
+    mkdir -p "$out/share"
     for f in '${chromium.browser}'/share/*; do # hello emacs */
       ln -s -t "$out/share/" "$f"
     done