diff --git a/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/env/pathExecutableCache.ts b/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/env/pathExecutableCache.ts
index c7cb9f77d88..6576bb59894 100644
--- a/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/env/pathExecutableCache.ts
+++ b/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/env/pathExecutableCache.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export class PathExecutableCache implements vscode.Disposable {
 		// Extract executables from PATH
 		const paths = pathValue.split(isWindows ? ';' : ':');
 		const pathSeparator = isWindows ? '\\' : '/';
+		const promisePaths: string[] = [];
 		const promises: Promise<Set<ICompletionResource> | undefined>[] = [];
 		const labels: Set<string> = new Set<string>();
 
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ export class PathExecutableCache implements vscode.Disposable {
 				}
 			} else {
 				// Not cached, need to scan this directory
+				promisePaths.push(pathDir);
 				promises.push(this._getExecutablesInSinglePath(pathDir, pathSeparator, labels));
 			}
 		}
@@ -123,11 +125,9 @@ export class PathExecutableCache implements vscode.Disposable {
 		// Process uncached directories
 		if (promises.length > 0) {
 			const resultSets = await Promise.all(promises);
-			let uncachedPathIndex = 0;
-
-			for (const pathDir of paths) {
+			for (const [i, resultSet] of resultSets.entries()) {
+				const pathDir = promisePaths[i];
 				if (!this._cachedExes.has(pathDir)) {
-					const resultSet = resultSets[uncachedPathIndex++];
 					this._cachedExes.set(pathDir, resultSet || new Set());
 				}
 			}
@@ -135,7 +135,12 @@ export class PathExecutableCache implements vscode.Disposable {
 
 		// Merge all results from all directories
 		const executables = new Set<ICompletionResource>();
+		const processedPaths: Set<string> = new Set();
 		for (const pathDir of paths) {
+			if (processedPaths.has(pathDir)) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			processedPaths.add(pathDir);
 			const dirExecutables = this._cachedExes.get(pathDir);
 			if (dirExecutables) {
 				for (const executable of dirExecutables) {
diff --git a/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/terminalSuggestMain.ts b/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/terminalSuggestMain.ts
index 35a615e3ea4..710c596b580 100644
--- a/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/terminalSuggestMain.ts
+++ b/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/terminalSuggestMain.ts
@@ -252,13 +252,9 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			const [commandsInPath, shellGlobals] = await Promise.all([
-				pathExecutableCache.getExecutablesInPath(terminal.shellIntegration?.env?.value, terminalShellType),
-				(async () => {
-					const executables = await pathExecutableCache.getExecutablesInPath(terminal.shellIntegration?.env?.value, terminalShellType);
-					return getShellGlobals(terminalShellType, executables?.labels, machineId, remoteAuthority);
-				})()
-			]);
+			const commandsInPath = await pathExecutableCache.getExecutablesInPath(terminal.shellIntegration?.env?.value, terminalShellType);
+			const shellGlobals = await getShellGlobals(terminalShellType, commandsInPath?.labels, machineId, remoteAuthority);
+
 			const shellGlobalsArr = shellGlobals ?? [];
 			if (!commandsInPath?.completionResources) {
 				console.debug('#terminalCompletions No commands found in path');
diff --git a/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/test/env/pathExecutableCache.test.ts b/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/test/env/pathExecutableCache.test.ts
index fa9bd131a4d..42b28d6d1dd 100644
--- a/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/test/env/pathExecutableCache.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/terminal-suggest/src/test/env/pathExecutableCache.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import 'mocha';
-import { strictEqual } from 'node:assert';
+import { deepStrictEqual, strictEqual } from 'node:assert';
 import type { MarkdownString } from 'vscode';
 import { PathExecutableCache } from '../../env/pathExecutableCache';
 
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ suite('PathExecutableCache', () => {
 		strictEqual(Array.from(result!.labels!).length, 0);
 	});
 
-	test('caching is working on successive calls', async () => {
+	test('results are the same on successive calls', async () => {
 		const cache = new PathExecutableCache();
 		const env = { PATH: process.env.PATH };
 		const result = await cache.getExecutablesInPath(env);
 		const result2 = await cache.getExecutablesInPath(env);
-		strictEqual(result, result2);
+		deepStrictEqual(result!.labels, result2!.labels);
 	});
 
 	test('refresh clears the cache', async () => {