diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15ad64f07e..73b1a5ee36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 - **env:** Avoid automatic expansion of `%%` in env ([#5395](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5395))
 - **install:** Fix download from private GitHub repositories ([#5361](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5361))
 - **scoop-info:** Fix errors in file size collection when `--verbose` ([#5352](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/pull/5352))
+- **shim:** Use bash executable directly ([#5433](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5433))
 
 ### Performance Improvements
 
diff --git a/lib/core.ps1 b/lib/core.ps1
index 7b1cbf0e02..4dee038405 100644
--- a/lib/core.ps1
+++ b/lib/core.ps1
@@ -905,19 +905,9 @@ function shim($path, $global, $name, $arg) {
         ) -join "`n" | Out-UTF8File $shim -NoNewLine
     } else {
         warn_on_overwrite "$shim.cmd" $path
-        # find path to Git's bash so that batch scripts can run bash scripts
-        if (!(Get-CommandPath git)) {
-            error "Can't shim '$shim': 'git' is needed but not installed."
-            error "Please install git ('scoop install git') and try again."
-            exit 1
-        }
-        $gitdir = (Get-Item (Get-CommandPath git) -ErrorAction:Stop).Directory.Parent
-        if ($gitdir.FullName -imatch 'mingw') {
-            $gitdir = $gitdir.Parent
-        }
         @(
             "@rem $resolved_path",
-            "@`"$(Join-Path (Join-Path $gitdir.FullName 'bin') 'bash.exe')`" `"$resolved_path`" $arg %*"
+            "@bash `"$resolved_path`" $arg %*"
         ) -join "`r`n" | Out-UTF8File "$shim.cmd"
 
         warn_on_overwrite $shim $path