diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-build.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-build.yml
index 708e8d09..4ed1241c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-build.yml
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ jobs:
           BREW_PREFIX="$(brew --prefix)"
           ENCHANT_PREFIX="$(brew --prefix enchant)"
 
-          mkdir -p "$STAGE_PREFIX/lib" "$STAGE_PREFIX/share"
+          mkdir -p "$STAGE_PREFIX/lib" "$STAGE_PREFIX/locale"
           rsync -a "$BREW_PREFIX/lib/gtk-3.0" "$STAGE_PREFIX/lib/"
           rsync -a "$BREW_PREFIX/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0" "$STAGE_PREFIX/lib/"
-          rsync -a "$BREW_PREFIX/share/locale" "$STAGE_PREFIX/share/"
+          rsync -a "$BREW_PREFIX/share/locale/" "$STAGE_PREFIX/locale/"
 
           mkdir -p "$STAGE_PREFIX/opt"
           rm -rf "$STAGE_PREFIX/opt/enchant"
-          cp -a "$ENCHANT_PREFIX" "$STAGE_PREFIX/opt/enchant"
+          rsync -aL "$ENCHANT_PREFIX/" "$STAGE_PREFIX/opt/enchant/"
 
       - name: Package unsigned .app (arm64)
         run: |
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
 
           (
             cd osx
-            BUNDLE_PREFIX="$PWD/../stage/arm64" \
+            BUNDLE_PREFIX="$PWD/../stage/arm64/" \
             ENCHANT_PREFIX="$PWD/../stage/arm64/opt/enchant" \
             TARGET_ARCHES="arm64" \
             ./makebundle.sh
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ jobs:
           BREW_PREFIX="$(brew --prefix)"
           ENCHANT_PREFIX="$(brew --prefix enchant)"
 
-          mkdir -p "$STAGE_PREFIX/lib" "$STAGE_PREFIX/share"
+          mkdir -p "$STAGE_PREFIX/lib" "$STAGE_PREFIX/locale"
           rsync -a "$BREW_PREFIX/lib/gtk-3.0" "$STAGE_PREFIX/lib/"
           rsync -a "$BREW_PREFIX/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0" "$STAGE_PREFIX/lib/"
-          rsync -a "$BREW_PREFIX/share/locale" "$STAGE_PREFIX/share/"
+          rsync -a "$BREW_PREFIX/share/locale/" "$STAGE_PREFIX/locale/"
 
           mkdir -p "$STAGE_PREFIX/opt"
           rm -rf "$STAGE_PREFIX/opt/enchant"
-          cp -a "$ENCHANT_PREFIX" "$STAGE_PREFIX/opt/enchant"
+          rsync -aL "$ENCHANT_PREFIX/" "$STAGE_PREFIX/opt/enchant/"
 
       - name: Package unsigned .app (x86_64)
         run: |
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
 
           (
             cd osx
-            BUNDLE_PREFIX="$PWD/../stage/x86_64" \
+            BUNDLE_PREFIX="$PWD/../stage/x86_64/" \
             ENCHANT_PREFIX="$PWD/../stage/x86_64/opt/enchant" \
             TARGET_ARCHES="x86_64" \
             ./makebundle.sh
diff --git a/osx/makebundle.sh b/osx/makebundle.sh
index 799ceab2..3039018c 100755
--- a/osx/makebundle.sh
+++ b/osx/makebundle.sh
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ if [ -z "$BUNDLE_PREFIX" ]; then
     BUNDLE_PREFIX="/usr/local"
 fi
 
-# gtk-mac-bundler translation rebasing can produce off-by-one path slicing
-# with a trailing slash in <prefix>, yielding broken paths like
-# ".../x86_64/ocale/...". Keep the XML prefix slashless and let bundle entries
-# contribute their own separators.
-BUNDLE_PREFIX_XML="${BUNDLE_PREFIX%/}"
+# Keep a caller-provided trailing slash so gtk-mac-bundler path concatenation
+# does not produce malformed locale paths like ".../x86_64locale/...".
+# CI explicitly sets BUNDLE_PREFIX with a trailing slash.
+BUNDLE_PREFIX_XML="$BUNDLE_PREFIX"
 
 ENCHANT_PREFIX_DEFAULT="${BUNDLE_PREFIX}/opt/enchant"
 ENCHANT_PREFIX_PATH="${ENCHANT_PREFIX:-$ENCHANT_PREFIX_DEFAULT}"