diff --git a/share/config.fish.in b/share/config.fish.in
index c0bfd247f..d0aec60fe 100644
--- a/share/config.fish.in
+++ b/share/config.fish.in
@@ -62,14 +62,11 @@ switch $USER
 	set path_list $path_list /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/local/sbin
 end
 
-# Make a regular expression that matches any component in the PATH. A
-# trailing slash is ok. The sed call is to remove the last '|'.  
-set -l tmp (printf "%s" \^$PATH'/?$|')
-set -l path_regexp \((echo $tmp | sed -e "s/.\$//")\)
-
-for i in (printf "%s\n" $path_list|sgrep -E -v $path_regexp)
-	if test -d $i
-		set PATH $PATH $i
+for i in $path_list
+	if not contains $i $PATH
+		if test -d $i
+			set PATH $PATH $i
+		end
 	end
 end