diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix
index 29f87b4ffdd0..be7992f94af5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     install -D shell/* -t $out/share/fzf/
     install -D shell/key-bindings.fish $out/share/fish/vendor_functions.d/fzf_key_bindings.fish
     mkdir -p $out/share/fish/vendor_conf.d
-    echo fzf_key_bindings > $out/share/fish/vendor_conf.d/load-fzf-key-bindings.fish
+    cat << EOF > $out/share/fish/vendor_conf.d/load-fzf-key-bindings.fish
+      status is-interactive; or exit 0
+      fzf_key_bindings
+    EOF
 
     cat <<SCRIPT > $out/bin/fzf-share
     #!${runtimeShell}