diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index eaebebd2a0cc301fbc7b227ac4bcb00188c1bca7..b63736b64387a02ef68049cb9ed1ed357626ecac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4743,7 +4743,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_json_lenient",
  "settings",
- "shlex",
  "sysinfo 0.37.2",
  "task",
  "tasks_ui",
diff --git a/crates/debugger_ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/debugger_ui/Cargo.toml
index 28866f0d273ce990b51615157412c9b120220d7b..c1a0657c0ed93508acb330a98dc6d1c1ee91c570 100644
--- a/crates/debugger_ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/debugger_ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 serde_json_lenient.workspace = true
 settings.workspace = true
-shlex.workspace = true
 sysinfo.workspace = true
 task.workspace = true
 tasks_ui.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/debugger_ui/src/new_process_modal.rs b/crates/debugger_ui/src/new_process_modal.rs
index 56c4a690325a0f5d8387fa76c1121206ff8f05fb..5039747c5e80420dfa5d34436f443071a3a5d526 100644
--- a/crates/debugger_ui/src/new_process_modal.rs
+++ b/crates/debugger_ui/src/new_process_modal.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use ui::{
     SharedString, Styled, StyledExt, ToggleButton, ToggleState, Toggleable, Tooltip, Window, div,
     h_flex, relative, rems, v_flex,
 };
-use util::{ResultExt, rel_path::RelPath};
+use util::{ResultExt, rel_path::RelPath, shell::ShellKind};
 use workspace::{ModalView, Workspace, notifications::DetachAndPromptErr, pane};
 
 use crate::{attach_modal::AttachModal, debugger_panel::DebugPanel};
@@ -844,7 +844,11 @@ impl ConfigureMode {
             };
         }
         let command = self.program.read(cx).text(cx);
-        let mut args = shlex::split(&command).into_iter().flatten().peekable();
+        let mut args = ShellKind::Posix
+            .split(&command)
+            .into_iter()
+            .flatten()
+            .peekable();
         let mut env = FxHashMap::default();
         while args.peek().is_some_and(|arg| arg.contains('=')) {
             let arg = args.next().unwrap();
@@ -1270,7 +1274,11 @@ impl PickerDelegate for DebugDelegate {
             })
             .unwrap_or_default();
 
-        let mut args = shlex::split(&text).into_iter().flatten().peekable();
+        let mut args = ShellKind::Posix
+            .split(&text)
+            .into_iter()
+            .flatten()
+            .peekable();
         let mut env = HashMap::default();
         while args.peek().is_some_and(|arg| arg.contains('=')) {
             let arg = args.next().unwrap();