diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index b16e122..3fdcc70 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ function validateRubyEngineAndVersion(platform, engineVersions, engine, version)
 
 function setupPath(ruby, newPathEntries) {
     const originalPath = process.env['PATH'].split(path.delimiter)
-    let cleanPath = originalPath.filter(e => !/\bruby\b/i.test(e))
+    let cleanPath = originalPath.filter(entry => !/\bruby\b/i.test(entry))
 
     if (cleanPath.length !== originalPath.length) {
         console.log("Entries removed from PATH to avoid conflicts with Ruby:")
@@ -4895,9 +4895,9 @@ async function install(platform, ruby) {
   // we use certs and embedded MSYS2 from hostedRuby
   const hostedRuby = latestHostedRuby()
 
-  let toolsPaths = (version === 'mswin') ?
+  let toolchainPaths = (version === 'mswin') ?
     await setupMSWin(hostedRuby) : await setupMingw(hostedRuby, version)
-  const newPathEntries = [`${rubyPrefix}\\bin`, ...toolsPaths]
+  const newPathEntries = [`${rubyPrefix}\\bin`, ...toolchainPaths]
 
   // Install Bundler if needed
   if (!fs.existsSync(`${rubyPrefix}\\bin\\bundle.cmd`)) {
@@ -4949,8 +4949,8 @@ async function setupMSWin(hostedRuby) {
   return addVCVARSEnv()
 }
 
-/* Sets msvc environment for use in Actions
- *   allows steps to run without running vcvars*.bat, also allows using PS scripts
+/* Sets MSVC environment for use in Actions
+ *   allows steps to run without running vcvars*.bat, also for PowerShell
  *   adds a convenience VCVARS environment variable
  *   this assumes a single Visual Studio version being available in the windows-latest image */
 function addVCVARSEnv() {
@@ -4966,17 +4966,17 @@ function addVCVARSEnv() {
     newEnv.set(k,v)
   })
 
-  let newPathEntries = null
+  let newPathEntries = undefined
   for (let [k, v] of newEnv) {
     if (process.env[k] !== v) {
       if (k === 'Path') {
-        newPathEntries = v.replace(process.env['Path'], '')
+        newPathEntries = v.replace(process.env['Path'], '').split(';')
       } else {
         core.exportVariable(k, v)
       }
     }
   }
-  return [newPathEntries]
+  return newPathEntries
 }
 
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 972cc0b..fadb979 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function validateRubyEngineAndVersion(platform, engineVersions, engine, version)
 
 function setupPath(ruby, newPathEntries) {
     const originalPath = process.env['PATH'].split(path.delimiter)
-    let cleanPath = originalPath.filter(e => !/\bruby\b/i.test(e))
+    let cleanPath = originalPath.filter(entry => !/\bruby\b/i.test(entry))
 
     if (cleanPath.length !== originalPath.length) {
         console.log("Entries removed from PATH to avoid conflicts with Ruby:")
diff --git a/windows.js b/windows.js
index 23836a9..7074362 100644
--- a/windows.js
+++ b/windows.js
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ export async function install(platform, ruby) {
   // we use certs and embedded MSYS2 from hostedRuby
   const hostedRuby = latestHostedRuby()
 
-  let toolsPaths = (version === 'mswin') ?
+  let toolchainPaths = (version === 'mswin') ?
     await setupMSWin(hostedRuby) : await setupMingw(hostedRuby, version)
-  const newPathEntries = [`${rubyPrefix}\\bin`, ...toolsPaths]
+  const newPathEntries = [`${rubyPrefix}\\bin`, ...toolchainPaths]
 
   // Install Bundler if needed
   if (!fs.existsSync(`${rubyPrefix}\\bin\\bundle.cmd`)) {
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ async function setupMSWin(hostedRuby) {
   return addVCVARSEnv()
 }
 
-/* Sets msvc environment for use in Actions
- *   allows steps to run without running vcvars*.bat, also allows using PS scripts
+/* Sets MSVC environment for use in Actions
+ *   allows steps to run without running vcvars*.bat, also for PowerShell
  *   adds a convenience VCVARS environment variable
  *   this assumes a single Visual Studio version being available in the windows-latest image */
 export function addVCVARSEnv() {
@@ -107,15 +107,15 @@ export function addVCVARSEnv() {
     newEnv.set(k,v)
   })
 
-  let newPathEntries = null
+  let newPathEntries = undefined
   for (let [k, v] of newEnv) {
     if (process.env[k] !== v) {
       if (k === 'Path') {
-        newPathEntries = v.replace(process.env['Path'], '')
+        newPathEntries = v.replace(process.env['Path'], '').split(';')
       } else {
         core.exportVariable(k, v)
       }
     }
   }
-  return [newPathEntries]
+  return newPathEntries
 }