diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index 946aa81a22434536ba0d71e5945d9ed3a90442a8..dac531133b7cca62f3cdad1e286fddd62c7124f8 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ fn main() {
                 shell_env_loaded_tx.send(()).ok();
             })
             .detach()
+    } else {
+        drop(shell_env_loaded_tx)
     }
 
     app.on_open_urls({