1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
index e1d6f28eab..cc24e0317b 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
@@ -554,6 +554,12 @@ shutil.copy2(tiff_path, bg_path)
 
 # ------------------------------------------------
 
+print("+ Generating symlink for /Applications +")
+
+os.symlink("/Applications", os.path.join('dist', "Applications"))
+
+# ------------------------------------------------
+
 if config.dmg is not None:
 
     print("+ Preparing .dmg disk image +")
@@ -577,11 +583,6 @@ if config.dmg is not None:
         print("Attaching temp image...")
     output = run(["hdiutil", "attach", tempname, "-readwrite"], check=True, universal_newlines=True, stdout=PIPE).stdout
 
-    m = re.search(r"/Volumes/(.+$)", output)
-    disk_root = m.group(0)
-
-    os.symlink("/Applications", os.path.join(disk_root, "Applications"))
-
     print("+ Finalizing .dmg disk image +")
 
     run(["hdiutil", "detach", f"/Volumes/{appname}"], universal_newlines=True)