diff --git a/cmake/linux/launch_lmms.sh b/cmake/linux/launch_lmms.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6432aa3a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/linux/launch_lmms.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+alias standard_which="command -v"
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+export PATH="$PATH:/sbin"
+if standard_which carla > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+   CARLAPATH="$(standard_which carla)"
+   CARLAPREFIX="${CARLAPATH%/bin*}"
+   echo "Carla appears to be installed on this system at $CARLAPREFIX/lib[64]/carla so we'll use it."
+   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CARLAPREFIX/lib/carla:$CARLAPREFIX/lib64/carla:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+else
+   echo "Carla does not appear to be installed.  That's OK, please ignore any related library errors."
+fi
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DIR/usr/lib/:$DIR/usr/lib/lmms:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+# Prevent segfault on VirualBox
+if lsmod |grep vboxguest > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+   echo "VirtualBox detected.  Forcing libgl software rendering."
+   export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1;
+fi
+if ldconfig -p | grep libjack.so.0 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+   echo "Jack appears to be installed on this system, so we'll use it."
+else
+   echo "Jack does not appear to be installed.  That's OK, we'll use a dummy version instead."
+   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DIR/usr/lib/lmms/optional:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+fi
+QT_X11_NO_NATIVE_MENUBAR=1 "$DIR"/usr/bin/lmms.real "$@"
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diff --git a/cmake/linux/package_linux.sh.in b/cmake/linux/package_linux.sh.in
index 7c0e2593b01..cb3764dcb01 100644
--- a/cmake/linux/package_linux.sh.in
+++ b/cmake/linux/package_linux.sh.in
@@ -96,37 +96,12 @@ cp -R /usr/share/stk/rawwaves/ "${APPDIR}usr/share/stk/"
 
 # Create a wrapper script which calls the lmms executable
 mv "${APPDIR}usr/bin/lmms" "${APPDIR}usr/bin/lmms.real"
-# shellcheck disable=SC1083
-cat >"${APPDIR}usr/bin/lmms" <<EOL
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-DIR="\$( cd "\$( dirname "\${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-export PATH="$PATH:/sbin"
-if which carla > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-   CARLAPATH="\$(which carla)"
-   CARLAPREFIX="\${CARLAPATH%/bin*}"
-   echo "Carla appears to be installed on this system at \$CARLAPREFIX/lib[64]/carla so we'll use it."
-   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$CARLAPREFIX/lib/carla:\$CARLAPREFIX/lib64/carla:\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-else
-   echo "Carla does not appear to be installed.  That's OK, please ignore any related library errors."
-fi
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$DIR/usr/lib/:\$DIR/usr/lib/lmms:\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-# Prevent segfault on VirualBox
-if lsmod |grep vboxguest > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-   echo "VirtualBox detected.  Forcing libgl software rendering."
-   export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1;
-fi
-if ldconfig -p | grep libjack.so.0 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-   echo "Jack appears to be installed on this system, so we'll use it."
-else
-   echo "Jack does not appear to be installed.  That's OK, we'll use a dummy version instead."
-   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$DIR/usr/lib/lmms/optional:\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-fi
-QT_X11_NO_NATIVE_MENUBAR=1 \$DIR/usr/bin/lmms.real "\$@"
-EOL
+
+cp "@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/launch_lmms.sh" "${APPDIR}usr/bin/lmms"
 
 chmod +x "${APPDIR}usr/bin/lmms"
 
-# Per https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/issues/129 
+# Per https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/issues/129
 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 # Ensure linuxdeployqt can find shared objects