diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index eb8871bd7..387d6855f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ if( MSVC )
 	create_default_target_launcher( zdoom WORKING_DIRECTORY ${ZDOOM_OUTPUT_DIR} )
 endif()
 
-if( NOT WIN32 )
+if( NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE )
 	FILE( WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/link-make "if [ ! -e ${ZDOOM_OUTPUT_DIR}/${ZDOOM_EXE_NAME} ]; then ln -sf ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${ZDOOM_EXE_NAME} ${ZDOOM_OUTPUT_DIR}/${ZDOOM_EXE_NAME}; fi" )
 	add_custom_command( TARGET zdoom POST_BUILD
 		COMMAND chmod +x ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/link-make