diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wh/whitesur-icon-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wh/whitesur-icon-theme/package.nix
index e3d56ce1e413..786068701a74 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wh/whitesur-icon-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wh/whitesur-icon-theme/package.nix
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ lib.checkListOfEnum "${pname}: theme variants"
   stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation
   rec {
     inherit pname;
-    version = "2025-08-02";
+    version = "2025-12-27";
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "vinceliuice";
       repo = "WhiteSur-icon-theme";
       tag = version;
-      hash = "sha256-oBKDvCVHEjN6JT0r0G+VndzijEWU9L8AvDhHQTmw2E4=";
+      hash = "sha256-5AWyuqREKpgBCXPplpkdrcInDTZfjVIm/JtTleOmaNY=";
     };
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ lib.checkListOfEnum "${pname}: theme variants"
       runHook postInstall
     '';
 
+    # Drop dangling symlinks from the upstream icon set.
+    postFixup = ''
+      find $out/share/icons -xtype l -delete
+    '';
+
     meta = {
       description = "MacOS Big Sur style icon theme for Linux desktops";
       homepage = "https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-icon-theme";