diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index f8364e5f..3862e32e 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ alias pyenv-install-alt="cd ~;git clone https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv.git $PYENV
 PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.local/sbin:$HOME/.local/games:$HOME/bin:$HOME/sbin:$HOME/games:$HOME/tmcbeans/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/games:/bin:/sbin:/games:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/games:$PATH
 
 # Removes duplicates from $PATH. Copied from http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/14896
-PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | awk -v RS=':' -v ORS=":" '!a[$1]++')
+PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | awk -v RS=':' -v ORS=":" '!a[$1]++{if (NR > 1) printf ORS; printf $a[$1]}')
 
 # Apply pyenv changes.
 
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index a777e0b2..6843217a 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ alias pyenv-install-alt="cd ~;git clone https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv.git $PYENV
 PATH=$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.local/sbin:$HOME/.local/games:$HOME/bin:$HOME/sbin:$HOME/games:$HOME/tmcbeans/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/games:/bin:/sbin:/games:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/games:$PATH
 
 # Removes duplicates from $PATH. Copied from http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/14896
-PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | awk -v RS=':' -v ORS=":" '!a[$1]++')
+PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | awk -v RS=':' -v ORS=":" '!a[$1]++{if (NR > 1) printf ORS; printf $a[$1]}')
 
 # Apply pyenv changes.
 if [ -d "$PYENV_ROOT" ]; then