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diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index 236807c70a..b66239787e 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -157,13 +157,15 @@ if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi\n"))
# honor it and otherwise use /bin/sh.
export SHELL
-if [ -n \"$SSH_CLIENT\" -a -z \"`type -P cat`\" ]
+if [[ $- != *i* ]]
then
- # We are being invoked from a non-interactive SSH session
- # (as in \"ssh host command\") but 'cat' cannot be found
- # in $PATH. Source /etc/profile so we get $PATH and other
- # essential variables.
- source /etc/profile
+ # We are being invoked from a non-interactive shell. If this
+ # is an SSH session (as in \"ssh host command\"), source
+ # /etc/profile so we get PATH and other essential variables.
+ [[ -n \"$SSH_CLIENT\" ]] && source /etc/profile
+
+ # Don't do anything else.
+ return
fi
# Adjust the prompt depending on whether we're in 'guix environment'.