diff --git a/src/managers/common/utils.ts b/src/managers/common/utils.ts
index 828f6e10..0d084da5 100644
--- a/src/managers/common/utils.ts
+++ b/src/managers/common/utils.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,18 @@ export function compareVersions(version1: string, version2: string): number {
     return 0;
 }
 
+function buildPwshActivationCommands(ps1Path: string): PythonCommandRunConfiguration[] {
+    const commands: PythonCommandRunConfiguration[] = [];
+    if (isWindows()) {
+        commands.push({
+            executable: 'Set-ExecutionPolicy',
+            args: ['-Scope', 'Process', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'RemoteSigned'],
+        });
+    }
+    commands.push({ executable: '&', args: [ps1Path] });
+    return commands;
+}
+
 export async function getShellActivationCommands(binDir: string): Promise<{
     shellActivation: Map<string, PythonCommandRunConfiguration[]>;
     shellDeactivation: Map<string, PythonCommandRunConfiguration[]>;
@@ -172,22 +184,10 @@ export async function getShellActivationCommands(binDir: string): Promise<{
     shellDeactivation.set(ShellConstants.KSH, [{ executable: 'deactivate' }]);
 
     if (await fs.pathExists(path.join(binDir, 'Activate.ps1'))) {
-        shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, [
-            {
-                executable: 'Set-ExecutionPolicy',
-                args: ['-Scope', 'Process', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'RemoteSigned'],
-            },
-            { executable: '&', args: [path.join(binDir, `Activate.ps1`)] },
-        ]);
+        shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, buildPwshActivationCommands(path.join(binDir, 'Activate.ps1')));
         shellDeactivation.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, [{ executable: 'deactivate' }]);
     } else if (await fs.pathExists(path.join(binDir, 'activate.ps1'))) {
-        shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, [
-            {
-                executable: 'Set-ExecutionPolicy',
-                args: ['-Scope', 'Process', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'RemoteSigned'],
-            },
-            { executable: '&', args: [path.join(binDir, `activate.ps1`)] },
-        ]);
+        shellActivation.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, buildPwshActivationCommands(path.join(binDir, 'activate.ps1')));
         shellDeactivation.set(ShellConstants.PWSH, [{ executable: 'deactivate' }]);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/managers/common/utils.getShellActivationCommands.unit.test.ts b/src/test/managers/common/utils.getShellActivationCommands.unit.test.ts
index 350cd013..756d30e0 100644
--- a/src/test/managers/common/utils.getShellActivationCommands.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/managers/common/utils.getShellActivationCommands.unit.test.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,42 @@ suite('getShellActivationCommands', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    suite('PowerShell activation on non-Windows omits Set-ExecutionPolicy', () => {
+        test('Activate.ps1 (capitalized) on non-Windows has only the activation command', async () => {
+            isWindowsStub.returns(false);
+            await fs.writeFile(path.join(tmpDir, 'Activate.ps1'), '');
+
+            const result = await getShellActivationCommands(tmpDir);
+            const pwshActivation = result.shellActivation.get(ShellConstants.PWSH);
+
+            assert.ok(pwshActivation, 'PowerShell activation should be defined');
+            assert.strictEqual(pwshActivation.length, 1, 'Should have only 1 command: activate (no Set-ExecutionPolicy)');
+            assert.strictEqual(pwshActivation[0].executable, '&');
+            assert.ok(pwshActivation[0].args);
+            assert.ok(
+                pwshActivation[0].args[0].endsWith('Activate.ps1'),
+                `Expected path ending with Activate.ps1, got: ${pwshActivation[0].args[0]}`,
+            );
+        });
+
+        test('activate.ps1 (lowercase) on non-Windows has only the activation command', async () => {
+            isWindowsStub.returns(false);
+            await fs.writeFile(path.join(tmpDir, 'activate.ps1'), '');
+
+            const result = await getShellActivationCommands(tmpDir);
+            const pwshActivation = result.shellActivation.get(ShellConstants.PWSH);
+
+            assert.ok(pwshActivation, 'PowerShell activation should be defined');
+            assert.strictEqual(pwshActivation.length, 1, 'Should have only 1 command: activate (no Set-ExecutionPolicy)');
+            assert.strictEqual(pwshActivation[0].executable, '&');
+            assert.ok(pwshActivation[0].args);
+            assert.ok(
+                pwshActivation[0].args[0].endsWith('activate.ps1'),
+                `Expected path ending with activate.ps1, got: ${pwshActivation[0].args[0]}`,
+            );
+        });
+    });
+
     suite('No PowerShell activation when Activate.ps1 is absent', () => {
         test('No pwsh activation when no ps1 file exists', async () => {
             isWindowsStub.returns(true);