diff --git a/share/config.fish.in b/share/config.fish.in
index e0ec5c323..1071a851d 100644
--- a/share/config.fish.in
+++ b/share/config.fish.in
@@ -44,18 +44,16 @@ end
 #
 
 if status --is-interactive
-	set -l erase_idx
-	for idx in (seq (count $PATH))
-		set i $PATH[$idx]
+	set -l new_path
+	for i in $PATH
 		if not test -d $i
-			set erase_idx $erase_idx $idx
 			printf (_ '%s: Warning: The directory %s has been removed from your PATH because it does not exist\n') fish $i
+		else
+			set new_path $new_path $i
 		end
 	end
 
-	if count $erase_idx >/dev/null
-		set -e PATH[(echo $erase_idx)]
-	end
+	set PATH $new_path
 end
 
 #