diff --git a/src/expand.cpp b/src/expand.cpp
index aa91f3d4b..55720c951 100644
--- a/src/expand.cpp
+++ b/src/expand.cpp
@@ -1191,12 +1191,6 @@ maybe_t<wcstring> expand_abbreviation(const wcstring &src, const environment_t &
     return none();
 }
 
-maybe_t<wcstring> expand_abbreviation(const wcstring &src) {
-    // FIXME: We use the principal environment stack because we don't know which variables need to
-    // be captured in a snapshot.
-    return expand_abbreviation(src, env_stack_t::principal());
-}
-
 std::map<wcstring, wcstring> get_abbreviations(const environment_t &vars) {
     // TODO: try to make this cheaper
     const size_t fish_abbr_len = std::wcslen(L"_fish_abbr_");
diff --git a/src/expand.h b/src/expand.h
index 84500c37e..3970ae0b2 100644
--- a/src/expand.h
+++ b/src/expand.h
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ wcstring replace_home_directory_with_tilde(const wcstring &str, const environmen
 /// Abbreviation support. Expand src as an abbreviation, returning the expanded form if found,
 /// none() if not.
 maybe_t<wcstring> expand_abbreviation(const wcstring &src, const environment_t &vars);
-maybe_t<wcstring> expand_abbreviation(const wcstring &src);
 
 /// \return a snapshot of all abbreviations as a map abbreviation->expansion.
 std::map<wcstring, wcstring> get_abbreviations(const environment_t &vars);
diff --git a/src/highlight.cpp b/src/highlight.cpp
index bea5a6dc5..f9e9ea158 100644
--- a/src/highlight.cpp
+++ b/src/highlight.cpp
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ static bool command_is_valid(const wcstring &cmd, enum parse_statement_decoratio
     if (!is_valid && function_ok) is_valid = function_exists_no_autoload(cmd, vars);
 
     // Abbreviations
-    if (!is_valid && abbreviation_ok) is_valid = expand_abbreviation(cmd).has_value();
+    if (!is_valid && abbreviation_ok) is_valid = expand_abbreviation(cmd, vars).has_value();
 
     // Regular commands
     if (!is_valid && command_ok) is_valid = path_get_path(cmd, NULL, vars);