diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cbd977bd6ed4089d281697145105fbc48ac03f2e..eaebebd2a0cc301fbc7b227ac4bcb00188c1bca7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -13769,7 +13769,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "settings",
- "shlex",
  "smol",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
diff --git a/crates/remote/Cargo.toml b/crates/remote/Cargo.toml
index 02560484922fd5b02b348a74493c0af5ca4f78d1..d1a91af9a5decc88b4c70c69001ba6dad18e4b8b 100644
--- a/crates/remote/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/remote/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ rpc = { workspace = true, features = ["gpui"] }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 settings.workspace = true
-shlex.workspace = true
 smol.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/remote/src/transport/ssh.rs b/crates/remote/src/transport/ssh.rs
index 2220846f76d714308cd8c9bf3f6d7bf0bb2bcdf1..2d3adba756a181fc9b54e1a8127b04a3833eb0a9 100644
--- a/crates/remote/src/transport/ssh.rs
+++ b/crates/remote/src/transport/ssh.rs
@@ -1077,7 +1077,10 @@ impl SshConnectionOptions {
             "-w",
         ];
 
-        let mut tokens = shlex::split(input).context("invalid input")?.into_iter();
+        let mut tokens = ShellKind::Posix
+            .split(input)
+            .context("invalid input")?
+            .into_iter();
 
         'outer: while let Some(arg) = tokens.next() {
             if ALLOWED_OPTS.contains(&(&arg as &str)) {
diff --git a/crates/util/src/shell.rs b/crates/util/src/shell.rs
index 086188fd49915d94853a64847106a0078b9486c4..a909bd574adb814061a512bd3cb4be2df6d0f504 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/shell.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/shell.rs
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ impl ShellKind {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn split(&self, input: &str) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+        shlex::split(input)
+    }
+
     pub const fn activate_keyword(&self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             ShellKind::Cmd => "",