diff --git a/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/files/signal.desktop b/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/files/signal.desktop
deleted file mode 100644
index 435cfbc93ce..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/files/signal.desktop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Type=Application
-Name=Signal
-GenericName=Messenger
-Comment=Signal Private Messenger for the Desktop
-Icon=signal
-Exec=signal-desktop
-Categories=Network;Messenger;
-StartupNotify=true
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/template b/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/template
index cba44a86ff3..37a4ddc3ec6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Signal-Desktop/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'Signal-Desktop'
 pkgname=Signal-Desktop
 version=7.10.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 # Signal officially only supports x86_64
 # x86_64-musl could potentially work based on the Alpine port:
 # https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/testing/signal-desktop
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ post_extract() {
 do_build() {
 	yarn generate
 	yarn build-release
+
+	bsdtar xOf release/signal-desktop_*.deb data.tar.xz | \
+		bsdtar xO ./usr/share/applications/signal-desktop.desktop > signal-desktop.desktop
+	vsed -i -e 's/\/opt\/Signal\///' signal-desktop.desktop
 }
 
 do_install() {
@@ -49,12 +53,11 @@ do_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/bin
 	ln -s /usr/lib/signal-desktop/signal-desktop ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/
 
-	vmkdir usr/share/applications
-	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/signal.desktop 644 usr/share/applications/
+	vinstall signal-desktop.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
 
 	vmkdir usr/share/icons/hicolor
 	for size in 16 32 256; do
-		vinstall images/icon_${size}.png 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps/ signal.png
+		vinstall images/icon_${size}.png 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/${size}x${size}/apps/ signal-desktop.png
 	done
 
 	vlicense LICENSE