diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/default.nix
index 5448937a0393..b1e37a507b3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/default.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     mkdir -p $out
     cp -pr bin lib license.html license-redist.txt probes samples $out
+    cp ${./forbid-desktop-item-creation} $out/bin/forbid-desktop-item-creation
     for i in attach integrate; do
         sed -i -e 's|profiler.sh|yourkit-java-profiler|' $out/bin/$i.sh
     done
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv $out/bin/profiler.ico $out/bin/yourkit-java-profiler.ico
     sed -i -e 's|JAVA_EXE="$YD/jre64/bin/java"|JAVA_EXE=${jre}/bin/java|' \
         $out/bin/yourkit-java-profiler
+    # Use our desktop item, which will be purged when this package
+    # gets removed
+    sed -i -e "2isource $out/bin/forbid-desktop-item-creation" \
+        $out/bin/yourkit-java-profiler
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/forbid-desktop-item-creation b/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/forbid-desktop-item-creation
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c496d13f513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/yourkit-java/forbid-desktop-item-creation
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+CONFIG_DIR=$HOME/.yjp/config
+if [ ! -d $CONFIG_DIR ]; then
+    mkdir -p $CONFIG_DIR
+fi
+
+REGISTRY=$CONFIG_DIR/registry8.xml
+if [ ! -e $REGISTRY ]; then
+    cat >$REGISTRY <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<registry8>
+  <desktop-file.created>
+    <boolean value="true"/>
+  </desktop-file.created>
+</registry8>
+EOF
+fi