diff --git a/packages/vscode-extension/src/utilities/subprocess.ts b/packages/vscode-extension/src/utilities/subprocess.ts
index d5217f948..6155b370e 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-extension/src/utilities/subprocess.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode-extension/src/utilities/subprocess.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,19 @@ async function getPathEnv(appRoot: string) {
   const RNIDE_PATH_DELIMITER = "{RNIDE_PATH_DELIMITER}";
 
   const shellPath = process.env.SHELL ?? "/bin/zsh";
-  const { stdout } = await execa(shellPath, [
-    "-i",
-    "-c",
-    `cd "${appRoot}" && echo "${RNIDE_PATH_DELIMITER}$PATH${RNIDE_PATH_DELIMITER}"`,
-  ]);
+
+  // Our goal is to determine the PATH variable that would be set when running commands from the application root.
+  // To simulate this accurately, we need to avoid inheriting the vscode process's environment variables.
+  // Therefore, we explicitly set the environment variable object to empty and disable automatic extension,
+  // which would otherwise fill missing variables with those from the currently running process.
+  const { stdout } = await execa(
+    shellPath,
+    ["-i", "-c", `cd "${appRoot}" && echo "${RNIDE_PATH_DELIMITER}$PATH${RNIDE_PATH_DELIMITER}"`],
+    {
+      extendEnv: false,
+      env: {},
+    }
+  );
   const path = stdout.split(RNIDE_PATH_DELIMITER)[1].trim();
   Logger.debug("Obtained PATH environment variable:", path);
   return path;