diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/discourse.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/discourse.nix
index 1c7ffd59a596..18b61200aa1b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/discourse.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/discourse.nix
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ in
         inherit (cfg) sslCertificate sslCertificateKey enableACME;
         forceSSL = lib.mkDefault tlsEnabled;
 
-        root = "/run/discourse/public";
+        root = "${cfg.package}/share/discourse/public";
 
         locations =
           let
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ in
               "~ ^/uploads/" = proxy {
                 extraConfig = cache_1y + ''
                   proxy_set_header X-Sendfile-Type X-Accel-Redirect;
-                  proxy_set_header X-Accel-Mapping /run/discourse/public/=/downloads/;
+                  proxy_set_header X-Accel-Mapping ${cfg.package}/share/discourse/public/=/downloads/;
 
                   # custom CSS
                   location ~ /stylesheet-cache/ {
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ in
               "~ ^/admin/backups/" = proxy {
                 extraConfig = ''
                   proxy_set_header X-Sendfile-Type X-Accel-Redirect;
-                  proxy_set_header X-Accel-Mapping /run/discourse/public/=/downloads/;
+                  proxy_set_header X-Accel-Mapping ${cfg.package}/share/discourse/public/=/downloads/;
                 '';
               };
               "~ ^/(svg-sprite/|letter_avatar/|letter_avatar_proxy/|user_avatar|highlight-js|stylesheets|theme-javascripts|favicon/proxied|service-worker)" = proxy {
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ in
               };
               "/downloads/".extraConfig = ''
                 internal;
-                alias /run/discourse/public/;
+                alias ${cfg.package}/share/discourse/public/;
               '';
             };
       };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
index 62e9be80bcd9..6134b307c24d 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
@@ -264,11 +264,6 @@ let
 
       # Make sure the notification email setting applies
       ./notification_email.patch
-
-      # Change the path to the public directory reported by Discourse
-      # to its real path instead of the symlink in the store, since
-      # the store path won't be matched by any nginx rules
-      ./public_dir_path.patch
     ];
 
     postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/public_dir_path.patch b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/public_dir_path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c6579736e22..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/public_dir_path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/file_store/local_store.rb b/lib/file_store/local_store.rb
-index 25649532c0..614e062dc1 100644
---- a/lib/file_store/local_store.rb
-+++ b/lib/file_store/local_store.rb
-@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ module FileStore
-     end
- 
-     def public_dir
--      File.join(Rails.root, "public")
-+      "/run/discourse/public"
-     end
- 
-     def tombstone_dir