diff --git a/libexec/rbenv-which b/libexec/rbenv-which
index f4d46245..c7c0301a 100755
--- a/libexec/rbenv-which
+++ b/libexec/rbenv-which
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ remove_from_path() {
     path_before="$result"
     result="${result//:$path_to_remove:/:}"
   done
-  echo "${result%:}"
+  result="${result%:}"
+  echo "${result#:}"
 }
 
 RBENV_COMMAND="$1"