diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.ts b/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.ts
index f57873d9fb85ed53555ff694e8b181e5422192c1..a7d775d68fb40a3df6166a068ce9aa2d1c29a1b6 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/shell/DesktopShellEnvironment.ts
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ const readWindowsEnvironment = Effect.fn("desktop.shellEnvironment.readWindowsEn
       const output = yield* runCommandOutput({
         command,
         args,
-        shell: true,
         timeout: LOGIN_SHELL_TIMEOUT,
       });
       const environment = extractEnvironment(output, names);