diff --git a/plugins/available/nenv.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/nenv.plugin.bash
index 9ec0c32fc9..a9937b740c 100644
--- a/plugins/available/nenv.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/nenv.plugin.bash
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ about-plugin 'Node.js environment management using https://github.com/ryuone/nen
 # Load after basher
 # BASH_IT_LOAD_PRIORITY: 260
 
-export NENV_ROOT="${NENV_ROOT:-${HOME?}/.nenv}"
+: "${NENV_ROOT:=${HOME?}/.nenv}"
+export NENV_ROOT
 
-if [[ -d "${NENV_ROOT?}/bin" ]]; then
-	pathmunge "${NENV_ROOT?}/bin"
-fi
+pathmunge "${NENV_ROOT?}/bin"
 
 if _command_exists nenv; then
 	eval "$(nenv init - bash)"
diff --git a/plugins/available/nodenv.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/nodenv.plugin.bash
index 729ab96347..936c476e2c 100644
--- a/plugins/available/nodenv.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/nodenv.plugin.bash
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ about-plugin 'Node.js environment management using https://github.com/nodenv/nod
 # Load after basher
 # BASH_IT_LOAD_PRIORITY: 260
 
-export NODENV_ROOT="${NODENV_ROOT:-${HOME?}/.nodenv}"
+: "${NODENV_ROOT:=${HOME?}/.nodenv}"
+export NODENV_ROOT
 
-if [[ -d "${NODENV_ROOT?}/bin" ]]; then
-	pathmunge "${NODENV_ROOT?}/bin"
-fi
+pathmunge "${NODENV_ROOT?}/bin"
 
 if _command_exists nodenv; then
 	eval "$(nodenv init - bash)"
diff --git a/plugins/available/nvm.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/nvm.plugin.bash
index 1280a5bb23..4b7cc1ad6a 100644
--- a/plugins/available/nvm.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/nvm.plugin.bash
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ about-plugin 'Node.js version manager, https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm'
 # Load after basher
 # BASH_IT_LOAD_PRIORITY: 260
 
-export NVM_DIR="${NVM_DIR:-${HOME?}/.nvm}"
+: "${NVM_DIR:=${HOME?}/.nvm}"
+export NVM_DIR
 
 if _bash_it_homebrew_check && [[ -s "${BASH_IT_HOMEBREW_PREFIX?}/nvm.sh" ]]; then
 	source "${BASH_IT_HOMEBREW_PREFIX?}/nvm.sh"