diff --git a/shell-integration/zsh/kitty-integration b/shell-integration/zsh/kitty-integration
index 7959b0617..1e469b364 100644
--- a/shell-integration/zsh/kitty-integration
+++ b/shell-integration/zsh/kitty-integration
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ _ksi_deferred_init() {
 
         if [[ "$is_ssh_session" == "y" ]]; then
             functions[_ksi_precmd]+="
-                builtin print -rnu $_ksi_fd \$'\\e]2;'\"\${(V)${HOST-}/%.*/}: \${(%):-%(4~|…/%3~|%~)}\"\$'\\a'"
+                builtin print -rnu $_ksi_fd \$'\\e]2;'\"\${(V)\${HOST-}/%.*/}: \${(%):-%(4~|…/%3~|%~)}\"\$'\\a'"
             functions[_ksi_preexec]+="
-                builtin print -rnu $_ksi_fd \$'\\e]2;'\"\${(V)${HOST-}/%.*/}: \${(V)1}\"\$'\\a'"
+                builtin print -rnu $_ksi_fd \$'\\e]2;'\"\${(V)\${HOST-}/%.*/}: \${(V)1}\"\$'\\a'"
         else
             functions[_ksi_precmd]+="
                 builtin print -rnu $_ksi_fd \$'\\e]2;'\"\${(%):-%(4~|…/%3~|%~)}\"\$'\\a'"