diff --git a/crates/project/src/project.rs b/crates/project/src/project.rs
index 602c2ecbca..aabca2d9ec 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/project.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/project.rs
@@ -10522,7 +10522,7 @@ async fn load_shell_environment(dir: &Path) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
         });
 
     let command = format!(
-        "cd '{}';{} printf '%s' {marker}; /usr/bin/env -0; exit 0;",
+        "cd '{}';{} printf '%s' {marker}; /usr/bin/env; exit 0;",
         dir.display(),
         additional_command.unwrap_or("")
     );
@@ -10549,13 +10549,14 @@ async fn load_shell_environment(dir: &Path) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
 
     let mut parsed_env = HashMap::default();
     let env_output = &stdout[env_output_start + marker.len()..];
-    for line in env_output.split_terminator('\0') {
+    for line in env_output.split_terminator('\n') {
         if let Some(separator_index) = line.find('=') {
             let key = line[..separator_index].to_string();
             let value = line[separator_index + 1..].to_string();
             parsed_env.insert(key, value);
         }
     }
+
     Ok(parsed_env)
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index c3a3367c08..b2405903cf 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ async fn load_login_shell_environment() -> Result<()> {
     // We still don't know why `$SHELL -l -i -c '/usr/bin/env -0'`  would
     // do that, but it does, and `exit 0` helps.
     let shell_cmd = format!(
-        "{}printf '%s' {marker}; /usr/bin/env -0; exit 0;",
+        "{}printf '%s' {marker}; /usr/bin/env; exit 0;",
         shell_cmd_prefix.as_deref().unwrap_or("")
     );
 
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ async fn load_login_shell_environment() -> Result<()> {
 
     if let Some(env_output_start) = stdout.find(marker) {
         let env_output = &stdout[env_output_start + marker.len()..];
-        for line in env_output.split_terminator('\0') {
+        for line in env_output.split_terminator('\n') {
             if let Some(separator_index) = line.find('=') {
                 let key = &line[..separator_index];
                 let value = &line[separator_index + 1..];