diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
index 413368268aa2..42b685e7f792 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
@@ -87,16 +87,16 @@ wrapQtAppsHook() {
         do
             isELF "$file" || isMachO "$file" || continue
 
-            if [ -f "$file" ]
-            then
-                echo "wrapping $file"
-                wrapQtApp "$file"
-            elif [ -h "$file" ]
+            if [ -h "$file" ]
             then
                 target="$(readlink -e "$file")"
                 echo "wrapping $file -> $target"
                 rm "$file"
                 makeQtWrapper "$target" "$file"
+            elif [ -f "$file" ]
+            then
+                echo "wrapping $file"
+                wrapQtApp "$file"
             fi
         done
     done
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
index 39b8635e264d..b510d1b51405 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/hooks/wrap-qt-apps-hook.sh
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ if [[ -z "${__nix_wrapQtAppsHook-}" ]]; then
             [ -d "$targetDir" ] || continue
 
             find "$targetDir" ! -type d -executable -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
-                if [ -f "$file" ]; then
-                    echo "wrapping $file"
-                    wrapQtApp "$file"
-                elif [ -h "$file" ]; then
+                if [ -h "$file" ]; then
                     target="$(readlink -e "$file")"
                     echo "wrapping $file -> $target"
                     rm "$file"
                     makeQtWrapper "$target" "$file"
+                elif [ -f "$file" ]; then
+                    echo "wrapping $file"
+                    wrapQtApp "$file"
                 fi
             done
         done