diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
index bd8049699514..d2a908464b6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/nano/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (lib.enableFeature enableTiny "tiny")
   ];
 
-  postInstall = ''
+  postInstall = if enableTiny then null else ''
     cp ${nixSyntaxHighlight}/nix.nanorc $out/share/nano/
   '';