diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
index aa704f7aaf154..5c82edc90c4d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
@@ -301,6 +301,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
   doInstallCheck = true;
 
+  # The darwin Applications directory is not stripped by default, see
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/367169
+  # This setting is not platform-guarded as it doesn't do any harm on Linux,
+  # where this directory simply does not exist.
+  stripDebugList = [
+    "bin"
+    "libexec"
+    "Applications"
+  ];
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gitUpdater {
       rev-prefix = "v";