diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh
index 5c27621515..d7678d56ee 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # shellcheck disable=SC2154
 homebrew-shellenv() {
   if [[ "${HOMEBREW_SHELLENV_PREFIX}" == "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}" ]] &&
-     [[ "$(PATH="${HOMEBREW_PATH}" command -v brew)" == "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/brew" ]]
+     [[ "${HOMEBREW_PATH%%/usr/bin:*}" == *"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin"* ]]
   then
     return
   fi