diff --git a/plugins/pyenv/pyenv.plugin.zsh b/plugins/pyenv/pyenv.plugin.zsh
index 5f046adce..58b00f857 100644
--- a/plugins/pyenv/pyenv.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/pyenv/pyenv.plugin.zsh
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@ _homebrew-installed() {
     type brew &> /dev/null
 }
 
-_pyenv-from-homebrew-installed() {
-    brew --prefix pyenv &> /dev/null
-}
-
 FOUND_PYENV=0
 pyenvdirs=("$HOME/.pyenv" "/usr/local/pyenv" "/opt/pyenv" "/usr/local/opt/pyenv")
-if _homebrew-installed && _pyenv-from-homebrew-installed ; then
-    pyenvdirs=($(brew --prefix pyenv) "${pyenvdirs[@]}")
+if _homebrew-installed && pyenv_homebrew_path=$(brew --prefix pyenv 2>/dev/null); then
+    pyenvdirs=($pyenv_homebrew_path "${pyenvdirs[@]}")
+    unset pyenv_homebrew_path
 fi
 
 for pyenvdir in "${pyenvdirs[@]}" ; do