diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vis/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vis/default.nix
index b9fcfe10221..a05b0e48e0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vis/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem
-, ncurses, libtermkey, lua
-, acl ? null, libselinux ? null
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, makeWrapper
+, copyDesktopItems, makeDesktopItem
+, ncurses, libtermkey, lua, tre
+, acl, libselinux
 }:
 
 let
@@ -17,12 +18,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "martanne";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper copyDesktopItems ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     ncurses
     libtermkey
     luaEnv
+    tre
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
     acl
     libselinux
@@ -33,28 +35,27 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/share/applications"
-    cp $desktopItem/share/applications/* $out/share/applications
-    echo wrapping $out/bin/vis with runtime environment
     wrapProgram $out/bin/vis \
       --prefix LUA_CPATH ';' "${luaEnv}/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}/?.so" \
       --prefix LUA_PATH ';' "${luaEnv}/share/lua/${lua.luaversion}/?.lua" \
       --prefix VIS_PATH : "\$HOME/.config:$out/share/vis"
   '';
 
-  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
-    name = "vis";
-    exec = "vis %U";
-    type = "Application";
-    icon = "accessories-text-editor";
-    comment = meta.description;
-    desktopName = "vis";
-    genericName = "Text editor";
-    categories = [ "Application" "Development" "IDE" ];
-    mimeTypes = [ "text/plain" "application/octet-stream" ];
-    startupNotify = false;
-    terminal = true;
-  };
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "vis";
+      exec = "vis %U";
+      type = "Application";
+      icon = "accessories-text-editor";
+      comment = meta.description;
+      desktopName = "vis";
+      genericName = "Text editor";
+      categories = [ "Application" "Development" "IDE" ];
+      mimeTypes = [ "text/plain" "application/octet-stream" ];
+      startupNotify = false;
+      terminal = true;
+    })
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A vim like editor";