diff --git a/src/main/startup/configure-process.test.ts b/src/main/startup/configure-process.test.ts
index 512467eb724..eaf9f42aeec 100644
--- a/src/main/startup/configure-process.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/startup/configure-process.test.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,66 @@ describe('patchPackagedProcessPath', () => {
     expect(segments).toContain(join('/Users/tester', 'bin'))
   })
 
+  it('omits Linux-only snap/Linuxbrew dirs but keeps Nix on packaged darwin runs', async () => {
+    const { app } = await import('electron')
+    const { patchPackagedProcessPath } = await import('./configure-process')
+
+    setPlatform('darwin')
+    Object.defineProperty(app, 'isPackaged', { configurable: true, value: true })
+    process.env.HOME = '/Users/tester'
+    process.env.PATH = '/usr/bin:/bin'
+
+    patchPackagedProcessPath()
+
+    const segments = (process.env.PATH ?? '').split(':')
+    // Why: neither has a macOS installer, so both are phantom PATH entries.
+    expect(segments).not.toContain('/snap/bin')
+    expect(segments).not.toContain('/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin')
+    // Why: Nix does ship a macOS default profile, so it stays seeded.
+    expect(segments).toContain('/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin')
+    expect(segments).toContain('/opt/homebrew/bin')
+    expect(segments).toContain('/usr/local/bin')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps snap, Linuxbrew, and Nix dirs for packaged linux runs', async () => {
+    const { app } = await import('electron')
+    const { patchPackagedProcessPath } = await import('./configure-process')
+
+    setPlatform('linux')
+    Object.defineProperty(app, 'isPackaged', { configurable: true, value: true })
+    process.env.HOME = '/home/tester'
+    process.env.PATH = '/usr/bin:/bin'
+
+    patchPackagedProcessPath()
+
+    const segments = (process.env.PATH ?? '').split(':')
+    expect(segments).toContain('/snap/bin')
+    expect(segments).toContain('/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin')
+    expect(segments).toContain('/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin')
+    expect(segments.indexOf('/usr/local/sbin')).toBeLessThan(segments.indexOf('/snap/bin'))
+    expect(segments.indexOf('/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin')).toBeLessThan(
+      segments.indexOf('/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin')
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('omits snap/Linuxbrew but keeps Nix on non-Linux POSIX platforms', async () => {
+    const { app } = await import('electron')
+    const { patchPackagedProcessPath } = await import('./configure-process')
+
+    setPlatform('freebsd')
+    Object.defineProperty(app, 'isPackaged', { configurable: true, value: true })
+    process.env.HOME = '/home/tester'
+    process.env.PATH = '/usr/bin:/bin'
+
+    patchPackagedProcessPath()
+
+    const segments = (process.env.PATH ?? '').split(':')
+    expect(segments).not.toContain('/snap/bin')
+    expect(segments).not.toContain('/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin')
+    expect(segments).toContain('/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin')
+    expect(segments).toContain('/usr/local/bin')
+  })
+
   it('leaves PATH untouched when the app is not packaged', async () => {
     const { app } = await import('electron')
     const { patchPackagedProcessPath } = await import('./configure-process')
diff --git a/src/main/startup/configure-process.ts b/src/main/startup/configure-process.ts
index 292f6195258..e545d89da9c 100644
--- a/src/main/startup/configure-process.ts
+++ b/src/main/startup/configure-process.ts
@@ -99,15 +99,14 @@ export function patchPackagedProcessPath(): void {
   const extraPaths: string[] = []
 
   if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
-    extraPaths.push(
-      '/opt/homebrew/bin',
-      '/opt/homebrew/sbin',
-      '/usr/local/bin',
-      '/usr/local/sbin',
-      '/snap/bin',
-      '/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin',
-      '/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin'
-    )
+    extraPaths.push('/opt/homebrew/bin', '/opt/homebrew/sbin', '/usr/local/bin', '/usr/local/sbin')
+
+    if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+      // Why: snap and Linuxbrew ship on Linux only, so seeding them elsewhere adds phantom PATH entries every spawn must stat.
+      extraPaths.push('/snap/bin', '/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin')
+    }
+
+    extraPaths.push('/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin')
 
     if (home) {
       extraPaths.push(