diff --git a/openfoam.nix b/openfoam.nix
index 9eeb2e4..f54b763 100644
--- a/openfoam.nix
+++ b/openfoam.nix
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./Allwmake
   '';
 
-  # stick etc, bin, applications, and platforms under lib/OpenFOAM-${version}
+  # stick etc, bin, and platforms under lib/OpenFOAM-${version}
   # fill bin proper up with wrappers to everything in platform/$WM_OPTIONS/bin that source etc/bashrc
   installPhase = ''
-    echo "copying etc, bin, applications, and platforms directories to $out/lib/OpenFOAM-${version}"
+    echo "copying etc, bin, and platforms directories to $out/lib/OpenFOAM-${version}"
     mkdir -p "$out/lib/OpenFOAM-${version}"
-    cp -at "$out/lib/OpenFOAM-${version}" etc bin applications platforms
+    cp -at "$out/lib/OpenFOAM-${version}" etc bin platforms
     echo "creating a bin of wrapped binaries from $out/lib/OpenFOAM-${version}/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/bin"
     for program in "$out/lib/OpenFOAM-${version}/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/bin/"*; do
       makeWrapper "$program" "$out/bin/''${program##*/}" \