diff --git a/share/completions/vared.fish b/share/completions/vared.fish
index 34c55c773..74c4c1420 100644
--- a/share/completions/vared.fish
+++ b/share/completions/vared.fish
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-complete -c vared -x -a "(set|sed -e 's/ /'\t'Variable: /')"
+complete -c vared -x -a "(set | string replace -r ' ' '\tVariable: ')"
 complete -c vared -s h -l help -d "Display help and exit"
-