diff --git a/plugins/wakeonlan/_wake b/plugins/wakeonlan/_wake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ab10d374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/wakeonlan/_wake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#compdef wake
+#autoload
+
+_arguments "1:device to wake:_files -W '$HOME/.wakeonlan'" && return 0
diff --git a/plugins/wakeonlan/wakeonlan.plugin.zsh b/plugins/wakeonlan/wakeonlan.plugin.zsh
index 8406b8f7d..6cef7d44a 100644
--- a/plugins/wakeonlan/wakeonlan.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/wakeonlan/wakeonlan.plugin.zsh
@@ -12,7 +12,3 @@ function wake() {
 
   wakeonlan -f "$config_file"
 }
-
-if (( $+functions[compdef] )); then
-  compdef "_arguments '1:device to wake:_files -W '\''$HOME/.wakeonlan'\'''" wake
-fi