diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/scripts/shellIntegration-bash.sh b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/scripts/shellIntegration-bash.sh
index ee081dd6262..7f6f5bdab7c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/scripts/shellIntegration-bash.sh
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/scripts/shellIntegration-bash.sh
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ fi
 if [ -n "${VSCODE_ENV_REPLACE:-}" ]; then
 	IFS=':' read -ra ADDR <<< "$VSCODE_ENV_REPLACE"
 	for ITEM in "${ADDR[@]}"; do
-		VARNAME="$(echo $ITEM | cut -d "=" -f 1)"
-		VALUE="$(echo -e "$ITEM" | cut -d "=" -f 2-)"
+		VARNAME="${ITEM%%=*}"
+		VALUE="${ITEM#*=}"
 		export $VARNAME="$VALUE"
 	done
 	builtin unset VSCODE_ENV_REPLACE
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ fi
 if [ -n "${VSCODE_ENV_PREPEND:-}" ]; then
 	IFS=':' read -ra ADDR <<< "$VSCODE_ENV_PREPEND"
 	for ITEM in "${ADDR[@]}"; do
-		VARNAME="$(echo $ITEM | cut -d "=" -f 1)"
-		VALUE="$(echo -e "$ITEM" | cut -d "=" -f 2-)"
+		VARNAME="${ITEM%%=*}"
+		VALUE="${ITEM#*=}"
 		export $VARNAME="$VALUE${!VARNAME}"
 	done
 	builtin unset VSCODE_ENV_PREPEND
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ fi
 if [ -n "${VSCODE_ENV_APPEND:-}" ]; then
 	IFS=':' read -ra ADDR <<< "$VSCODE_ENV_APPEND"
 	for ITEM in "${ADDR[@]}"; do
-		VARNAME="$(echo $ITEM | cut -d "=" -f 1)"
-		VALUE="$(echo -e "$ITEM" | cut -d "=" -f 2-)"
+		VARNAME="${ITEM%%=*}"
+		VALUE="${ITEM#*=}"
 		export $VARNAME="${!VARNAME}$VALUE"
 	done
 	builtin unset VSCODE_ENV_APPEND