diff --git a/apps/vscode/CHANGELOG.md b/apps/vscode/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b0f7a69..7a2e2dbd 100644
--- a/apps/vscode/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/apps/vscode/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 1.124.0 (unreleased)
 
 - Add yaml frontmatter validation to visual editor (<https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto/pull/744>).
+- Do not prepend path delimiter to path when Quarto is detected (<https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto/pull/778>).
 
 ## 1.123.0 (Release on 2025-06-17)
 
diff --git a/apps/vscode/src/main.ts b/apps/vscode/src/main.ts
index a365a522..0b8ac661 100644
--- a/apps/vscode/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/vscode/src/main.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
     // ensure quarto is on the path
     context.environmentVariableCollection.prepend(
       "PATH",
-      path.delimiter + quartoContext.binPath + path.delimiter
+      quartoContext.binPath + path.delimiter
     );
 
     // status bar