diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration-bash.sh b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration-bash.sh
index 9df11a6a4de..51053817541 100755
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration-bash.sh
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration-bash.sh
@@ -34,13 +34,7 @@ if [ "$VSCODE_INJECTION" == "1" ]; then
 		fi
 		builtin unset VSCODE_SHELL_LOGIN
 
-		# On macOS the profile calls path_helper which adds a bunch of standard bin directories to
-		# the beginning of the PATH. This causes significant problems for the environment variable
-		# collection API as the custom paths added to the end will now be somewhere in the middle of
-		# the PATH. To combat this, VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX is used to re-apply any prefix after the
-		# profile has run. This will cause duplication in the PATH but should fix the issue.
-		#
-		# See #99878 for more information.
+		# Apply any explicit path prefix (see #99878)
 		if [ -n "$VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX" ]; then
 			export PATH=$VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX$PATH
 			builtin unset VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration-profile.zsh b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration-profile.zsh
index 6803fd9782f..30d8cc9e451 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration-profile.zsh
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration-profile.zsh
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ if [[ $options[norcs] = off && -o "login" &&  -f $USER_ZDOTDIR/.zprofile ]]; the
 	ZDOTDIR=$USER_ZDOTDIR
 	. $USER_ZDOTDIR/.zprofile
 	ZDOTDIR=$VSCODE_ZDOTDIR
+
+	# Apply any explicit path prefix (see #99878)
+	if (( ${+VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX} )); then
+		export PATH=$VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX$PATH
+		builtin unset VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX
+	fi
 fi
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration.fish b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration.fish
index 565fdf7bb87..5f367418719 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration.fish
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/media/shellIntegration.fish
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ or exit
 
 set --global VSCODE_SHELL_INTEGRATION 1
 
+# Apply any explicit path prefix (see #99878)
+if status --is-login; and set -q VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX
+	fish_add_path -p $VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX
+	set -e VSCODE_PATH_PREFIX
+end
+
 # Helper function
 function __vsc_esc -d "Emit escape sequences for VS Code shell integration"
 	builtin printf "\e]633;%s\a" (string join ";" $argv)