diff --git a/src/strategies/default.zsh b/src/strategies/default.zsh
index 42da24e..29333f5 100644
--- a/src/strategies/default.zsh
+++ b/src/strategies/default.zsh
@@ -7,12 +7,5 @@
 #
 
 _zsh_autosuggest_strategy_default() {
-	local prefix="$1"
-
-	# Get the keys of the history items that match
-	local -a histkeys
-	histkeys=(${(k)history[(r)$prefix*]})
-
-	# Echo the value of the first key
-	echo -E "${history[$histkeys[1]]}"
+	fc -lnrm "$1*" 1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1
 }
diff --git a/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh b/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
index d2c7d2c..9f25514 100644
--- a/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
+++ b/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
@@ -371,14 +371,7 @@ _zsh_autosuggest_escape_command() {
 #
 
 _zsh_autosuggest_strategy_default() {
-	local prefix="$1"
-
-	# Get the keys of the history items that match
-	local -a histkeys
-	histkeys=(${(k)history[(r)$prefix*]})
-
-	# Echo the value of the first key
-	echo -E "${history[$histkeys[1]]}"
+	fc -lnrm "$1*" 1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1
 }
 
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