diff --git a/src/library/pkgdepends/DESCRIPTION b/src/library/pkgdepends/DESCRIPTION
index 719d640c4..2d734e641 100644
--- a/src/library/pkgdepends/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/src/library/pkgdepends/DESCRIPTION
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Config/testthat/edition: 3
 Encoding: UTF-8
 RoxygenNote: 7.3.1.9000
 NeedsCompilation: no
-Packaged: 2024-04-05 10:14:55 UTC; gaborcsardi
+Packaged: 2024-04-23 21:39:51 UTC; gaborcsardi
 Author: Gábor Csárdi [aut, cre],
   Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd]
 Maintainer: Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor@gmail.com>
diff --git a/src/library/pkgdepends/R/install-plan.R b/src/library/pkgdepends/R/install-plan.R
index 73e6fb924..76667b31b 100644
--- a/src/library/pkgdepends/R/install-plan.R
+++ b/src/library/pkgdepends/R/install-plan.R
@@ -358,14 +358,7 @@ make_build_process <- function(path, pkg, tmp_dir, lib, vignettes,
   if (is_windows()) {
     zip_tool_path <- asNamespace("zip")$get_tool("zip")
     rtools <- get_rtools_path()
-    withr_local_path(
-      paste0(
-        dirname(zip_tool_path),
-        .Platform$path.sep,
-        if (!is.null(rtools)) paste0(rtools, .Platform$path.sep),
-        Sys.getenv("PATH")
-      )
-    )
+    withr_local_path(c(dirname(zip_tool_path), rtools))
   }
   # nocov end