diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
index adef500b7b5c..d61f588205af 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/elasticsearch.nix
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ let
       (if es5 then (pkgs.writeTextDir "log4j2.properties" cfg.logging)
               else (pkgs.writeTextDir "logging.yml" cfg.logging))
     ];
-    # Elasticsearch 5.x won't start when the scripts directory does not exist
-    postBuild = if es5 then "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p $out/scripts" else "";
+    postBuild = concatStringsSep "\n" (concatLists [
+      # Elasticsearch 5.x won't start when the scripts directory does not exist
+      (optional es5 "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p $out/scripts")
+      (optional es6 "ln -s ${cfg.package}/config/jvm.options $out/jvm.options")
+    ]);
   };
 
   esPlugins = pkgs.buildEnv {
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix
index 60705920d47f..c54cd3800451 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/elasticsearch \
       --prefix PATH : "${utillinux}/bin/" \
-      --set JAVA_HOME "${jre_headless}" \
-      --set ES_JVM_OPTIONS "$out/config/jvm.options"
+      --set JAVA_HOME "${jre_headless}"
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/elasticsearch-plugin --set JAVA_HOME "${jre_headless}"
   '';