diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/project.json b/apps/electron-backend/project.json
index ab1a2486b..d96fb3678 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/project.json
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/project.json
@@ -132,22 +132,6 @@
                 "frontendProject": "web",
                 "sourcePath": "dist/apps",
                 "outputPath": "dist/packages",
-                "files": [
-                    {
-                        "from": "electron-backend/native",
-                        "to": "electron-backend/native",
-                        "filter": ["**/*"]
-                    }
-                ],
-                "asarUnpack": [
-                    "**/better-sqlite3/**",
-                    "**/bindings/**",
-                    "**/file-uri-to-path/**",
-                    "electron-backend/native/**",
-                    "**/electron-backend/native/**",
-                    "**/*.node",
-                    "**/*.dylib"
-                ],
                 "prepackageOnly": true
             }
         },
@@ -158,23 +142,7 @@
                 "name": "electron-backend",
                 "frontendProject": "web",
                 "sourcePath": "dist/apps",
-                "outputPath": "dist/executables",
-                "files": [
-                    {
-                        "from": "electron-backend/native",
-                        "to": "electron-backend/native",
-                        "filter": ["**/*"]
-                    }
-                ],
-                "asarUnpack": [
-                    "**/better-sqlite3/**",
-                    "**/bindings/**",
-                    "**/file-uri-to-path/**",
-                    "electron-backend/native/**",
-                    "**/electron-backend/native/**",
-                    "**/*.node",
-                    "**/*.dylib"
-                ]
+                "outputPath": "dist/executables"
             }
         },
         "lint": {
diff --git a/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md b/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md
index 9566f2398..aa60b5d52 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ Current development behavior:
 - The staged runtime must contain `include/mpv/client.h`, `lib/*.dylib`, and `runtime-manifest.json`.
 - The compiled `.node` addon is copied into `dist/apps/electron-backend/native/embedded_mpv.node`.
 - Bundled runtime files are copied into `dist/apps/electron-backend/native/lib/`. Most are `.dylib` files, but some Homebrew-linked runtimes expose non-`.dylib` Mach-O files such as a framework `Python` binary.
-- `electron-builder` includes `dist/apps/electron-backend/native/` in the app package and unpacks `electron-backend/native/**` from ASAR so the addon, manifest, dylibs, and non-`.dylib` Mach-O runtime files are filesystem-addressable.
+- macOS `afterPack` copies `dist/apps/electron-backend/native/` into `app.asar.unpacked/electron-backend/native/` so the addon, manifest, dylibs, and non-`.dylib` Mach-O runtime files are filesystem-addressable.
+- Linux and Windows packaging do not include the Embedded MPV native directory.
 
 Current release caveat:
 
diff --git a/electron-builder.json b/electron-builder.json
index fd7fbd8b5..3cfaefd57 100644
--- a/electron-builder.json
+++ b/electron-builder.json
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
             "to": "remote-control-web",
             "filter": ["**/*"]
         },
-        {
-            "from": "dist/apps/electron-backend/native",
-            "to": "electron-backend/native",
-            "filter": ["**/*"]
-        },
         "electron-backend/**/*",
         "web/**/*",
         "!**/*.map"
@@ -25,8 +20,6 @@
         "**/better-sqlite3/**",
         "**/bindings/**",
         "**/file-uri-to-path/**",
-        "electron-backend/native/**",
-        "**/electron-backend/native/**",
         "**/*.node",
         "**/*.dylib"
     ],
diff --git a/tools/embedded-mpv/README.md b/tools/embedded-mpv/README.md
index da4296dc7..bad05eb1c 100644
--- a/tools/embedded-mpv/README.md
+++ b/tools/embedded-mpv/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The build manifest records source URLs, downloaded archive SHA-256 values where
 
 `apps/electron-backend/build-embedded-mpv.js` links the native addon against the staged runtime, copies dylibs into `apps/electron-backend/native/build/Release/lib/`, rewrites Mach-O paths to `@loader_path`, and writes `embedded-mpv-runtime.json`.
 
-The Electron builder and Nx package/make targets package `dist/apps/electron-backend/native/` into `electron-backend/native/` and unpack that whole native directory from ASAR so the addon, runtime manifest, dylibs, and non-`.dylib` Mach-O runtime files are available as real files.
+The macOS `afterPack` hook copies `dist/apps/electron-backend/native/` into `app.asar.unpacked/electron-backend/native/` so the addon, runtime manifest, dylibs, and non-`.dylib` Mach-O runtime files are available as real files. Linux and Windows artifacts do not include that native directory.
 
 During release packaging, `tools/packaging/electron-after-pack.cjs` verifies that the packaged app uses a `vendored-lgpl` runtime and has no `/opt/homebrew` or `/usr/local` dynamic links for embedded MPV.
 
diff --git a/tools/packaging/electron-after-pack.cjs b/tools/packaging/electron-after-pack.cjs
index a20bf781b..496f1291e 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/electron-after-pack.cjs
+++ b/tools/packaging/electron-after-pack.cjs
@@ -17,6 +17,30 @@ function isTruthy(value) {
     );
 }
 
+function copyEmbeddedMpvNativeOutput(resourceDir, projectDir) {
+    const sourceDir = path.join(
+        projectDir,
+        'dist',
+        'apps',
+        'electron-backend',
+        'native'
+    );
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(sourceDir)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const destinationDir = path.join(
+        resourceDir,
+        'app.asar.unpacked',
+        'electron-backend',
+        'native'
+    );
+
+    fs.rmSync(destinationDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    fs.cpSync(sourceDir, destinationDir, { recursive: true });
+}
+
 async function afterPackHook(params) {
     await linuxAfterPack(params);
 
@@ -46,6 +70,12 @@ async function afterPackHook(params) {
               'Resources'
           )
         : params.appOutDir;
+
+    copyEmbeddedMpvNativeOutput(
+        resourceDir,
+        params.packager.projectDir ?? process.cwd()
+    );
+
     const errors = validatePackagedEmbeddedMpv(resourceDir, {
         required: requireEmbeddedMpv,
     });