diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst
index da0304a4e..f0179fbcf 100644
--- a/docs/glossary.rst
+++ b/docs/glossary.rst
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ Variables that kitty sets when running child programs
    Path to a directory containing the kitty terminfo database.
 
 
+.. envvar:: KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR
+
+   Path to the kitty installation directory.
+
+
 .. envvar:: COLORTERM
 
    Set to the value ``truecolor`` to indicate that kitty supports 16 million
@@ -152,4 +157,5 @@ Variables that kitty sets when running child programs
 
 .. envvar:: KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION
 
-   Set when enabling :ref:`shell_integration`.
+   Set when enabling :ref:`shell_integration`. It is automatically removed by
+   the shell integration scripts.
diff --git a/docs/shell-integration.rst b/docs/shell-integration.rst
index 134240227..ea0a2297e 100644
--- a/docs/shell-integration.rst
+++ b/docs/shell-integration.rst
@@ -140,31 +140,29 @@ want to setup shell integration for a remote system over SSH, in
 
 Then in your shell's rc file, add the lines:
 
-.. tab:: bash/zsh
+.. tab:: bash
 
     .. code-block:: sh
 
         export KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION="enabled"
-        source $(kitty +runpy "from kitty.shell_integration import script_path; print(script_path())")
+        source "$KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR/shell-integration/kitty.bash"
+
+.. tab:: zsh
+
+    .. code-block:: sh
+
+        export KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION="enabled"
+        source "$KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR/shell-integration/kitty.zsh"
 
 .. tab:: fish
 
     .. code-block:: fish
 
         set --global KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION enabled
-        set --path --local kitty_paths (kitty +runpy 'from kitty.shell_integration import print_fish_paths; print_fish_paths()')
-        source kitty_paths[2]
-        set --prepend fish_complete_path kitty_paths[1]
-        set --erase kitty_paths
+        source "$KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/kitty-shell-integration.fish"
+        set --prepend fish_complete_path "$KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR/shell-integration/fish/vendor_completions.d"
 
 
-You can get the path to the directory containing the various shell integration
-scripts by looking at the directory displayed by:
-
-.. code-block:: sh
-
-    kitty +runpy "from kitty.constants import *; print(shell_integration_dir)"
-
 The value of :envvar:`KITTY_SHELL_INTEGRATION` is the same as that for
 :opt:`shell_integration`, except if you want to disable shell integration
 completely, in which case simply do not set the
diff --git a/kitty/child.py b/kitty/child.py
index 4948ac40d..4b8131d40 100644
--- a/kitty/child.py
+++ b/kitty/child.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from typing import (
 
 import kitty.fast_data_types as fast_data_types
 
-from .constants import is_macos, shell_path, terminfo_dir
+from .constants import is_macos, kitty_base_dir, shell_path, terminfo_dir
 from .types import run_once
 
 try:
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ class Child:
             tdir = checked_terminfo_dir()
             if tdir:
                 env['TERMINFO'] = tdir
+            env['KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR'] = kitty_base_dir
             opts = fast_data_types.get_options()
             if opts.shell_integration != 'disabled':
                 from .shell_integration import modify_shell_environ