diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh
index a4b043d574..d1dd7db8b0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ homebrew-shellenv() {
       echo "set -gx HOMEBREW_PREFIX \"$HOMEBREW_PREFIX\";"
       echo "set -gx HOMEBREW_CELLAR \"$HOMEBREW_CELLAR\";"
       echo "set -gx HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY \"$HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY\";"
-      echo "set -g fish_user_paths \"$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin\" \"$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/sbin\" \$fish_user_paths;"
+      echo "set -q PATH; or set PATH ''; set -gx PATH \"$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin\" \"$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/sbin\" \$PATH;"
       echo "set -q MANPATH; or set MANPATH ''; set -gx MANPATH \"$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/man\" \$MANPATH;"
       echo "set -q INFOPATH; or set INFOPATH ''; set -gx INFOPATH \"$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/info\" \$INFOPATH;"
       ;;