diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/postfix.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/postfix.nix
index e8beba4b3586..d1aaebdfdf24 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/postfix.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/postfix.nix
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ in
           ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod -R ug+rwX /var/postfix/queue
           ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chown root:root /var/spool/mail
           ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod a+rwxt /var/spool/mail
-          ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ln -sf /var/spool/mail /var/mail
+          ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ln -sf /var/spool/mail /var/
 
           ln -sf "${pkgs.postfix}/etc/postfix/"* /var/postfix/conf