diff --git a/share/functions/fish_prompt.fish b/share/functions/fish_prompt.fish
index 2e04d6688..e670991d2 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_prompt.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_prompt.fish
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ function fish_prompt --description 'Write out the prompt'
         set bold_flag
     end
     set __fish_prompt_status_generation $status_generation
-    set -l prompt_status (__fish_print_pipestatus "[" "]" "|" (set_color $fish_color_status) (set_color $bold_flag $fish_color_status) $last_pipestatus)
+    set -l status_color (set_color $fish_color_status)
+    set -l statusb_color (set_color $bold_flag $fish_color_status)
+    set -l prompt_status (__fish_print_pipestatus "[" "]" "|" "$status_color" "$statusb_color" $last_pipestatus)
 
     echo -n -s (set_color $fish_color_user) "$USER" $normal @ (set_color $color_host) (prompt_hostname) $normal ' ' (set_color $color_cwd) (prompt_pwd) $normal (fish_vcs_prompt) $normal " "$prompt_status $suffix " "
 end
diff --git a/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/default.fish b/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/default.fish
index 2e04d6688..e670991d2 100644
--- a/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/default.fish
+++ b/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/default.fish
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ function fish_prompt --description 'Write out the prompt'
         set bold_flag
     end
     set __fish_prompt_status_generation $status_generation
-    set -l prompt_status (__fish_print_pipestatus "[" "]" "|" (set_color $fish_color_status) (set_color $bold_flag $fish_color_status) $last_pipestatus)
+    set -l status_color (set_color $fish_color_status)
+    set -l statusb_color (set_color $bold_flag $fish_color_status)
+    set -l prompt_status (__fish_print_pipestatus "[" "]" "|" "$status_color" "$statusb_color" $last_pipestatus)
 
     echo -n -s (set_color $fish_color_user) "$USER" $normal @ (set_color $color_host) (prompt_hostname) $normal ' ' (set_color $color_cwd) (prompt_pwd) $normal (fish_vcs_prompt) $normal " "$prompt_status $suffix " "
 end
diff --git a/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative.fish b/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative.fish
index 1163a7f5a..3fda5801c 100644
--- a/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative.fish
+++ b/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative.fish
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ function fish_prompt --description 'Informative prompt'
                                                          or set_color $fish_color_cwd) \
             (prompt_pwd) (set_color normal)
     else
-        set -l pipestatus_string (__fish_print_pipestatus "[" "]" "|" (set_color $fish_color_status) \
-                                  (set_color --bold $fish_color_status) $last_pipestatus)
+        set -l status_color (set_color $fish_color_status)
+        set -l statusb_color (set_color --bold $fish_color_status)
+        set -l pipestatus_string (__fish_print_pipestatus "[" "]" "|" "$status_color" "$statusb_color" $last_pipestatus)
 
         printf '[%s] %s%s@%s %s%s %s%s%s \n> ' (date "+%H:%M:%S") (set_color brblue) \
             $USER (prompt_hostname) (set_color $fish_color_cwd) $PWD $pipestatus_string \
diff --git a/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative_vcs.fish b/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative_vcs.fish
index 443fbef8f..daad7eac5 100644
--- a/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative_vcs.fish
+++ b/share/tools/web_config/sample_prompts/informative_vcs.fish
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ function fish_prompt --description 'Write out the prompt'
 
     printf '%s ' (fish_vcs_prompt)
 
-    set -l pipestatus_string (__fish_print_pipestatus "[" "]" "|" (set_color $fish_color_status) (set_color --bold $fish_color_status) $last_pipestatus)
-    echo -n $pipestatus_string
+    set -l status_color (set_color $fish_color_status)
+    set -l statusb_color (set_color --bold $fish_color_status)
+    set -l prompt_status (__fish_print_pipestatus "[" "]" "|" "$status_color" "$statusb_color" $last_pipestatus)
+    echo -n $prompt_status
     set_color normal
 
     echo -n "$suffix "