diff --git a/libexec/rbenv-init b/libexec/rbenv-init
index dfd718b1..d8a4a0bc 100755
--- a/libexec/rbenv-init
+++ b/libexec/rbenv-init
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ abs_dirname() {
 }
 root="$(abs_dirname "$0")/.."
 
-if [ -d "$HOME/.rbenv/shims" ]; then
-  echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/shims:$PATH"'
-fi
+echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/shims:$PATH"'
 
 if [ "$shell" = "bash" ]; then
   echo "source \"$root/completions/rbenv.bash\""