diff --git a/resources/server/bin/code-server-darwin.sh b/resources/server/bin/code-server-darwin.sh
index 6f109c38432..ed50a1dd475 100644
--- a/resources/server/bin/code-server-darwin.sh
+++ b/resources/server/bin/code-server-darwin.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,16 @@ case "$1" in
 	--inspect*) INSPECT="$1"; shift;;
 esac
 
-function realpath() { python -c "import os,sys; print(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]))" "$0"; }
-ROOT=$(dirname $(dirname $(realpath "$0")))
+function realdir() {
+	SOURCE=$1
+	while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do
+		DIR=$( dirname "$SOURCE" )
+		SOURCE=$(readlink "$SOURCE")
+		[[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE=$DIR/$SOURCE
+	done
+	echo "$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+}
+
+ROOT=$(dirname $(realdir "$0"))
 
 "$ROOT/node" ${INSPECT:-} "$ROOT/out/server-main.js" "$@"