diff --git a/plugins/asdf/asdf.plugin.zsh b/plugins/asdf/asdf.plugin.zsh
index 6b151a393..913949888 100644
--- a/plugins/asdf/asdf.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/asdf/asdf.plugin.zsh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 export ASDF_DATA_DIR="${ASDF_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.asdf}"
 
-# Only add to the path if not already present
-(($path[(Ie)$ASDF_DATA_DIR/shims])) || path=("$ASDF_DATA_DIR/shims" $path)
+# Add shims to the front of the path, removing if already present.
+path=("$ASDF_DATA_DIR/shims" ${path:#$ASDF_DATA_DIR/shims})
 
 # If the completion file doesn't exist yet, we need to autoload it and
 # bind it to `asdf`. Otherwise, compinit will have already done that.