diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
index 0b30d44908d8..532b04ea5545 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/generic.nix
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@
 , executableName, longName, shortName, pname, updateScript
 , dontFixup ? false
 , rev ? null, vscodeServer ? null
-
-# sourceExecutableName is the name of the binary in the source archive, over
-# which we have no control
 , sourceExecutableName ? executableName
-
 , useVSCodeRipgrep ? false
 , ripgrep
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/vscode.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/vscode.nix
index 95123502295e..0b0739d5ac2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/vscode.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/vscode.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 , nixosTests
 , srcOnly
 , isInsiders ? false
+# sourceExecutableName is the name of the binary in the source archive over
+# which we have no control and it is needed to run the insider version as
+# documented in https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code#Insiders_Build
+# On MacOS the insider binary is still called code instead of code-insiders as
+# of 2023-08-06.
+, sourceExecutableName ? "code" + lib.optionalString (isInsiders && stdenv.isLinux) "-insiders"
 , commandLineArgs ? ""
 , useVSCodeRipgrep ? stdenv.isDarwin
 }:
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ in
     # Please backport all compatible updates to the stable release.
     # This is important for the extension ecosystem.
     version = "1.81.0";
-    pname = "vscode";
+    pname = "vscode" + lib.optionalString isInsiders "-insiders";
 
     # This is used for VS Code - Remote SSH test
     rev = "6445d93c81ebe42c4cbd7a60712e0b17d9463e97";
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ in
     executableName = "code" + lib.optionalString isInsiders "-insiders";
     longName = "Visual Studio Code" + lib.optionalString isInsiders " - Insiders";
     shortName = "Code" + lib.optionalString isInsiders " - Insiders";
-    inherit commandLineArgs useVSCodeRipgrep;
+    inherit commandLineArgs useVSCodeRipgrep sourceExecutableName;
 
     src = fetchurl {
       name = "VSCode_${version}_${plat}.${archive_fmt}";