diff --git a/osx/applescript-adjust-dmg-view.master b/osx/applescript-adjust-dmg-view.master
index abd8b7e..4b0ae12 100755
--- a/osx/applescript-adjust-dmg-view.master
+++ b/osx/applescript-adjust-dmg-view.master
@@ -13,22 +13,13 @@ on run
 			set arrangement of theViewOptions to not arranged
 			set icon size of theViewOptions to 128
 			set background picture of theViewOptions to file ".background:installer-background.png"
-                        if not exists file "Applications" then
-			    make new alias file at container window to POSIX file "/Applications" with properties {name:"Applications"}
-                        end if
-			delay 1
 			set position of item "%s" of container window to {160, 200}
-			set position of item ".Trashes" of container window to {100, 500}
-			set position of item ".background" of container window to {200, 500}
-			set position of item ".DS_Store" of container window to {400, 500}
 			set position of item "Applications" of container window to {550, 200}
-                        if exists file ".VolumeIcon.icns" then
-			    set position of item ".VolumeIcon.icns" of container window to {500, 500}
-                        end if
+			set position of item ".background" of container window to {100, 500}
+			set position of item ".DS_Store" of container window to {200, 500}
 			set position of item ".fseventsd" of container window to {300, 500}
-			if exists POSIX file ".SymAVx86QSFile" then
-				set position of item ".SymAVx86QSFile" of container window to {600, 500}
-			end if
+			set position of item ".Trashes" of container window to {400, 500}
+            set position of item ".VolumeIcon.icns" of container window to {500, 500}
 			open
 			close
 			update without registering applications
diff --git a/osx/macosx-builder.py b/osx/macosx-builder.py
index b9652f5..ef25dd8 100644
--- a/osx/macosx-builder.py
+++ b/osx/macosx-builder.py
@@ -581,6 +581,10 @@ class MacosxBuilder(object):
         self._run_command(['SetFile', '-a', 'C', dmg_volume_path],
                 'Could not set dmg icon attributes.')
 
+        # Create symlink in dmg pointing to the /Applications directory on OS X.
+        self._print('... Creating symlink to /Applications.')
+        os.symlink('/Applications', os.path.join(dmg_volume_path, 'Applications'))
+
         # Set dmg background. Requires running Mac OS X gui.
         # TODO: better formatting and code refactoring
         if not self.args.devel:
@@ -593,20 +597,19 @@ class MacosxBuilder(object):
                 u'Could not copy the background image, dmg creation failed.'
             )
 
-            print 10 * 'A'
             self.adjust_dmg_view(os.path.basename(dmg_volume_path))
 
-
         ## Unmount dmg file.
         self._print('... unmounting the dmg.')
         # Sometimes it could happen that OSX Finder is blocking umount.
         # We need to find this process and kill it.
         try:
-            output = subprocess.check_output(['fuser', dmg_volume_path])
-            blocking_proc_pid = int(output.strip().split()[0])
-            if blocking_proc_pid:
+            output = subprocess.check_output(['fuser', dmg_volume_path]).strip()
+            if output:
+                blocking_proc_pid = int(output.split()[0])
                 os.kill(int(blocking_proc_pid), signal.SIGKILL)
-        except:
+        except Exception as e:
+            print str(e)
             self._print('... failed to kill process using %s' % dmg_volume_path)
         # Unmount dmg file.
         self._run_command([self.hdiutil, 'detach', dmg_volume_path],