diff --git a/build-terminfo b/build-terminfo
index 21ee74935..b06ea6a1e 100755
--- a/build-terminfo
+++ b/build-terminfo
@@ -16,9 +16,3 @@ with open('terminfo/kitty.terminfo', 'w') as f:
 
 os.environ['TERMINFO'] = os.path.join(base, 'terminfo')
 subprocess.check_call(['tic', '-x', 'terminfo/kitty.terminfo'])
-# On macOS tic puts the compiled database into a different directory
-try:
-    os.mkdir('terminfo/78')
-except FileExistsError:
-    pass
-shutil.copy2('terminfo/x/xterm-kitty', 'terminfo/78')
diff --git a/terminfo/78 b/terminfo/78
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..c1b0730e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminfo/78
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+x
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/terminfo/78/xterm-kitty b/terminfo/78/xterm-kitty
deleted file mode 100644
index e2f792790..000000000
Binary files a/terminfo/78/xterm-kitty and /dev/null differ