diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/BackgroundJob.java b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/BackgroundJob.java
index 657cce7d..3df10026 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/BackgroundJob.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/termux/app/BackgroundJob.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public final class BackgroundJob {
             environment.add("PATH= " + System.getenv("PATH"));
         } else {
             environment.add("LANG=en_US.UTF-8");
-            environment.add("PATH=" + TermuxService.PREFIX_PATH + "/bin:" + TermuxService.PREFIX_PATH + "/bin/applets");
+            environment.add("PATH=" + TermuxService.PREFIX_PATH + "/bin");
             environment.add("PWD=" + cwd);
             environment.add("TMPDIR=" + TermuxService.PREFIX_PATH + "/tmp");
         }