diff --git a/makepanda/installpanda.py b/makepanda/installpanda.py
index 11cf685511..a46e42f14c 100644
--- a/makepanda/installpanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/installpanda.py
@@ -166,10 +166,10 @@ def InstallRuntime(destdir="", prefix="/usr", outputdir="built"):
         oscmd("mkdir -p "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/mozilla/plugins")
         oscmd("mkdir -p "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/mozilla-firefox/plugins")
         oscmd("mkdir -p "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/xulrunner-addons/plugins")
-        oscmd("cp "+outputdir+"/plugins/nppanda3d.so        "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/panda3d/nppanda3d.so")
-        oscmd("ln -s "+prefix+libdir+"/panda3d/nppanda3d.so "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/mozilla/plugins/nppanda3d.so")
-        oscmd("ln -s "+prefix+libdir+"/panda3d/nppanda3d.so "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/mozilla-firefox/plugins/nppanda3d.so")
-        oscmd("ln -s "+prefix+libdir+"/panda3d/nppanda3d.so "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/xulrunner-addons/plugins/nppanda3d.so")
+        oscmd("cp "+outputdir+"/plugins/nppanda3d.so "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/nppanda3d.so")
+        oscmd("ln -s "+prefix+libdir+"/nppanda3d.so  "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/mozilla/plugins/nppanda3d.so")
+        oscmd("ln -s "+prefix+libdir+"/nppanda3d.so  "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/mozilla-firefox/plugins/nppanda3d.so")
+        oscmd("ln -s "+prefix+libdir+"/nppanda3d.so  "+destdir+prefix+libdir+"/xulrunner-addons/plugins/nppanda3d.so")
     WriteMimeFile(destdir+prefix+"/share/mime-info/panda3d-runtime.mime", MIME_INFO_PLUGIN)
     WriteKeysFile(destdir+prefix+"/share/mime-info/panda3d-runtime.keys", MIME_INFO_PLUGIN)
     WriteMimeXMLFile(destdir+prefix+"/share/mime/packages/panda3d-runtime.xml", MIME_INFO_PLUGIN)