diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap/bootstrap-haskell b/scripts/bootstrap/bootstrap-haskell
index 17f33d3..45af506 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap/bootstrap-haskell
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap/bootstrap-haskell
@@ -280,7 +280,20 @@ download_ghcup() {
 
 	# we may overwrite this in adjust_bashrc
 	cat <<-EOF > "${GHCUP_DIR}"/env || die "Failed to create env file"
-		export PATH="\$HOME/.cabal/bin:${GHCUP_BIN}:\$PATH"
+		case ":\$PATH:" in
+			*:"${GHCUP_BIN}":*)
+				;;
+			*)
+				export PATH="${GHCUP_BIN}:\$PATH"
+				;;
+		esac
+		case ":\$PATH:" in
+			*:"\$HOME/.cabal/bin":*)
+				;;
+			*)
+				export PATH="\$HOME/.cabal/bin:\$PATH"
+				;;
+		esac
 		EOF
 
 	# shellcheck disable=SC1090
@@ -368,12 +381,38 @@ adjust_bashrc() {
 	case $1 in
 		1)
 			cat <<-EOF > "${GHCUP_DIR}"/env || die "Failed to create env file"
-				export PATH="\$HOME/.cabal/bin:${GHCUP_BIN}:\$PATH"
+				case ":\$PATH:" in
+					*:"${GHCUP_BIN}":*)
+						;;
+					*)
+						export PATH="${GHCUP_BIN}:\$PATH"
+						;;
+				esac
+				case ":\$PATH:" in
+					*:"\$HOME/.cabal/bin":*)
+						;;
+					*)
+						export PATH="\$HOME/.cabal/bin:\$PATH"
+						;;
+				esac
 				EOF
 			;;
 		2)
 			cat <<-EOF > "${GHCUP_DIR}"/env || die "Failed to create env file"
-				export PATH="\$PATH:\$HOME/.cabal/bin:${GHCUP_BIN}"
+				case ":\$PATH:" in
+					*:"\$HOME/.cabal/bin":*)
+						;;
+					*)
+						export PATH="\$PATH:\$HOME/.cabal/bin"
+						;;
+				esac
+				case ":\$PATH:" in
+					*:"${GHCUP_BIN}":*)
+						;;
+					*)
+						export PATH="\$PATH:${GHCUP_BIN}"
+						;;
+				esac
 				EOF
 			;;
 		*) ;;