diff --git a/cmd/carapace/cmd/lazyinit/powershell.go b/cmd/carapace/cmd/lazyinit/powershell.go
index ea8750b50e..0170a5e464 100644
--- a/cmd/carapace/cmd/lazyinit/powershell.go
+++ b/cmd/carapace/cmd/lazyinit/powershell.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ func Powershell(completers []string) string {
 
 $_carapace_lazy = {
     param($wordToComplete, $commandAst, $cursorPosition)
-    $completer = $commandAst.CommandElements[0].Value.trimend(".exe")
+    $completer = $commandAst.CommandElements[0].Value.Replace("\.exe$", "")
     carapace $completer powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression
     & (Get-Item "Function:_${completer}_completer") $wordToComplete $commandAst $cursorPosition
 }