diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/osfile.mjs b/chrome/content/zotero/osfile.mjs
index 830cb28311..aeb14cb880 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/osfile.mjs
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/osfile.mjs
@@ -233,32 +233,23 @@ export let OS = {
 			);
 			
 			try {
-				if (Services.appinfo.OS === "Darwin") {
-					const libc = ctypes.open(
-						Services.appinfo.OS === "Darwin" ? "libSystem.B.dylib" : "libc.so"
-					);
-					
-					const symlink = libc.declare(
-						"symlink",
-						ctypes.default_abi,
-						ctypes.int, // return value
-						ctypes.char.ptr, // target
-						ctypes.char.ptr //linkpath
-					);
-					
-					if (symlink(pathTarget, pathCreate)) {
-						throw new Error("Failed to create symlink at " + pathCreate);
-					}
-				}
-				// The above is failing with "invalid ELF header" for libc.so on GitHub Actions, so
-				// just use ln -s on non-macOS systems
-				else {
-					let ln = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIFile);
-					ln.initWithPath("/bin/ln");
-					let process = Cc["@mozilla.org/process/util;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIProcess);
-					process.init(ln);
-					let args = ["-s", pathTarget, pathCreate];
-					process.run(true, args, args.length);
+				// "libc.so" is usually a linker script rather than a real shared object, which
+				// fails with "invalid ELF header", and on some distros (e.g., NixOS) it doesn't
+				// exist at a standard path at all, so use the versioned name
+				const libc = ctypes.open(
+					Services.appinfo.OS === "Darwin" ? "libSystem.B.dylib" : "libc.so.6"
+				);
+
+				const symlink = libc.declare(
+					"symlink",
+					ctypes.default_abi,
+					ctypes.int, // return value
+					ctypes.char.ptr, // target
+					ctypes.char.ptr //linkpath
+				);
+
+				if (symlink(pathTarget, pathCreate)) {
+					throw new Error("Failed to create symlink at " + pathCreate);
 				}
 			}
 			catch (e) {