diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/postgis.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/postgis.nix
index 673ddf4b9eac..1611fe05600e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/postgis.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/postgis.nix
@@ -89,14 +89,6 @@ buildPostgresqlExtension (finalAttrs: {
     "--disable-extension-upgrades-install"
   ];
 
-  postConfigure = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-
-    # postgis' build system assumes it is being installed to the same place as postgresql, and looks
-    # for the postgres binary relative to $PREFIX. We gently support this system using an illusion.
-    ln -s ${postgresql}/bin/postgres $out/bin/postgres
-  '';
-
   makeFlags = [
     "PERL=${perl}/bin/perl"
   ];
@@ -111,9 +103,6 @@ buildPostgresqlExtension (finalAttrs: {
 
   # create aliases for all commands adding version information
   postInstall = ''
-    # Teardown the illusory postgres used for building; see postConfigure.
-    rm $out/bin/postgres
-
     for prog in $out/bin/*; do # */
       ln -s $prog $prog-${finalAttrs.version}
     done
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/generic.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/generic.nix
index 0d21f2742c41..79111b589938 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/generic.nix
@@ -284,6 +284,12 @@ let
 
         # Stop lib depending on the -dev output of llvm
         remove-references-to -t ${llvmPackages.llvm.dev} "$out/lib/llvmjit${dlSuffix}"
+      '' + lib.optionalString stdenv'.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+        # The darwin specific Makefile for PGXS contains a reference to the postgres
+        # binary. Some extensions (here: postgis), which are able to set bindir correctly
+        # to their own output for installation, will then fail to find "postgres" during linking.
+        substituteInPlace "$dev/lib/pgxs/src/Makefile.port" \
+          --replace-fail '-bundle_loader $(bindir)/postgres' "-bundle_loader $out/bin/postgres"
       '';
 
     postFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv'.hostPlatform.isGnu