diff --git a/export.fish b/export.fish
index d0ce313dc4..755aacf0d1 100644
--- a/export.fish
+++ b/export.fish
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ function unset
 end
 
 function __main
-    set script_dir (dirname (readlink -m (status -f)))
-
+    set script_dir (dirname (realpath (status -f)))
     if not set -q IDF_PATH
         set -gx IDF_PATH $script_dir
         echo "Setting IDF_PATH to '$IDF_PATH'"