diff --git a/shell-integration/zsh/kitty-integration b/shell-integration/zsh/kitty-integration
index 7db7a318e..2433b8ea3 100644
--- a/shell-integration/zsh/kitty-integration
+++ b/shell-integration/zsh/kitty-integration
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ _ksi_deferred_init() {
         fi
         builtin unfunction _ksi_s_is_ok
         # Ensure PATH has no duplicate entries
-        builtin typeset -U path PATH
+        builtin typeset -gxU PATH="$PATH"
     fi
     builtin unset KITTY_IS_CLONE_LAUNCH KITTY_CLONE_SOURCE_STRATEGIES