diff --git a/util/system/path.go b/util/system/path.go
index cdfff68007f5f..47160034c47ce 100644
--- a/util/system/path.go
+++ b/util/system/path.go
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ import (
 // ':' character .
 const DefaultPathEnvUnix = "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
 
-// DefaultPathEnvWindows is windows style list of directories to search for
-// executables. Each directory is separated from the next by a colon
-// ';' character .
-const DefaultPathEnvWindows = "c:\\Windows\\System32;c:\\Windows"
+// DefaultPathEnvWindows is empty to allow windows to set the PATH when it runs
+const DefaultPathEnvWindows = ""
 
 func DefaultPathEnv(os string) string {
 	if os == "windows" {