diff --git a/home-manager/home-manager b/home-manager/home-manager
index 5486b4ebb..513d2f88d 100644
--- a/home-manager/home-manager
+++ b/home-manager/home-manager
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ function doSwitch() {
 }
 
 function doListGens() {
+    setHomeManagerPathVariables
+
     # Whether to colorize the generations output.
     local color="never"
     if [[ ! -v NO_COLOR && -t 1 ]]; then
@@ -665,6 +667,7 @@ function doListGens() {
 # Removes linked generations. Takes as arguments identifiers of
 # generations to remove.
 function doRmGenerations() {
+    setHomeManagerPathVariables
     setVerboseAndDryRun
 
     pushd "$HM_PROFILE_DIR" > /dev/null
@@ -686,6 +689,8 @@ function doRmGenerations() {
 }
 
 function doExpireGenerations() {
+    setHomeManagerPathVariables
+
     local generations
     generations="$( \
         find "$HM_PROFILE_DIR" -name 'home-manager-*-link' -not -newermt "$1" \
@@ -810,6 +815,7 @@ function doShowNews() {
 }
 
 function doUninstall() {
+    setHomeManagerPathVariables
     setVerboseAndDryRun
     setNixProfileCommands
 
@@ -945,8 +951,6 @@ COMMAND=""
 COMMAND_ARGS=()
 FLAKE_ARG=""
 
-setHomeManagerPathVariables
-
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     opt="$1"
     shift