diff --git a/constructor/header.sh b/constructor/header.sh
index e4686478..e3f4cd2e 100644
--- a/constructor/header.sh
+++ b/constructor/header.sh
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ cd "$PREFIX"
 unset PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME _CONDA_PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME
 
 # the first binary payload: the standalone conda executable
-CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/conda.exe"
+CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/_conda.exe"
 extract_range $boundary0 $boundary1 > "$CONDA_EXEC"
 chmod +x "$CONDA_EXEC"
 
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ POSTCONDA="$PREFIX/postconda.tar.bz2"
 "$CONDA_EXEC" constructor --prefix "$PREFIX" --extract-tarball < "$POSTCONDA" || exit 1
 rm -f "$POSTCONDA"
 
-rm -f $PREFIX/conda.exe
 rm -f $PREFIX/pkgs/env.txt
 
 rm -rf $PREFIX/install_tmp
diff --git a/constructor/osx/post_extract.sh b/constructor/osx/post_extract.sh
index 110cfe01..3768237d 100644
--- a/constructor/osx/post_extract.sh
+++ b/constructor/osx/post_extract.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PREFIX=$(cd "$PREFIX"; pwd)
 export PREFIX
 echo "PREFIX=$PREFIX"
 
-CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/conda.exe"
+CONDA_EXEC="$PREFIX/_conda.exe"
 chmod +x "$CONDA_EXEC"
 
 # Create a blank history file so conda thinks this is an existing env
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ fi
 mv "$PREFIX/pkgs/conda-meta/history" "$PREFIX/conda-meta/history"
 
 # Cleanup!
-rm -f "$CONDA_EXEC"
 rm -f "$PREFIX/env.txt"
 find "$PREFIX/pkgs" -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; 2>/dev/null || :
 
diff --git a/constructor/osxpkg.py b/constructor/osxpkg.py
index 9e283e61..3e4afcec 100644
--- a/constructor/osxpkg.py
+++ b/constructor/osxpkg.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def create(info, verbose=False):
     # See http://stackoverflow.com/a/11487658/161801 for how all this works.
 
     # The main package contains the prepopulated package cache, the modified
-    # conda-meta metadata staged into pkgs/conda-meta, and conda.exe
+    # conda-meta metadata staged into pkgs/conda-meta, and _conda.exe
     fresh_dir(PACKAGE_ROOT)
     fresh_dir(SCRIPTS_DIR)
     pkgs_dir = join(prefix, 'pkgs')
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def create(info, verbose=False):
     preconda.write_files(info, pkgs_dir)
     for dist in info['_dists']:
         os.link(join(CACHE_DIR, dist), join(pkgs_dir, dist))
-    shutil.copyfile(info['_conda_exe'], join(prefix, "conda.exe"))
+    shutil.copyfile(info['_conda_exe'], join(prefix, "_conda.exe"))
     # This script checks to see if the install location already exists
     move_script(join(OSX_DIR, 'preinstall.sh'), join(SCRIPTS_DIR, 'preinstall'), info)
     # This script performs the full installation