diff --git a/fish/functions/fish_vars.fish b/fish/functions/fish_vars.fish
index 20e10e7..191c6bd 100644
--- a/fish/functions/fish_vars.fish
+++ b/fish/functions/fish_vars.fish
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function fish_vars
     for variable in $_special_variables
         if set -q $variable
             if contains -- $variable $_path_variables
-                set -l paths (string collect (string split " " $$variable))
+                set -l paths $$variable
                 printf $_table_format $variable "- $paths[1]"
                 for path in $paths[2..-1]
                     printf $_table_format "" "- $path"