diff --git a/share/completions/nc.fish b/share/completions/nc.fish
index 4dc5f18d7..9ef9cc67a 100644
--- a/share/completions/nc.fish
+++ b/share/completions/nc.fish
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -l flavor
 if string match -rq -- '^OpenBSD netcat' (nc -h 2>&1)[1]
     set flavor nc.openbsd
 else
-    set flavor (basename (realpath (command -v nc)))
+    set flavor (command -s netcat | path resolve | path basename)
 end
 
 __fish_complete_netcat nc $flavor
diff --git a/share/completions/netcat.fish b/share/completions/netcat.fish
index a33e8e21e..c802975fb 100644
--- a/share/completions/netcat.fish
+++ b/share/completions/netcat.fish
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -l flavor
 if string match -rq -- '^OpenBSD netcat' (netcat -h 2>&1)[1]
     set flavor nc.openbsd
 else
-    set flavor (basename (realpath (command -v netcat)))
+    set flavor (command -s netcat | path resolve | path basename)
 end
 
 __fish_complete_netcat netcat $flavor