diff --git a/quickshell/Modals/DLauncherV2/ControllerUtils.js b/quickshell/Modals/DLauncherV2/ControllerUtils.js
index 33790650e..4dd5ae541 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modals/DLauncherV2/ControllerUtils.js
+++ b/quickshell/Modals/DLauncherV2/ControllerUtils.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function classifyAppSource(app) {
     if (cmd0 === "flatpak" || exec.indexOf("flatpak run ") !== -1)
         return "flatpak";
 
-    if (cmd0 === "snap" || exec.indexOf("bamf_desktop_file_hint=") !== -1 || exec.indexOf("/snap/bin/") !== -1 || exec.indexOf("/snap/core") !== -1 || exec.indexOf("snap run ") === 0)
+    if (cmd0 === "snap" || exec.indexOf("/snap/bin/") !== -1 || exec.indexOf("/snap/core") !== -1 || exec.indexOf("snap run ") === 0)
         return "snap";
 
     if (/\.appimage(\s|$|")/i.test(execRaw) || id.indexOf("appimagekit_") === 0)
diff --git a/quickshell/tests/launcher-app-source.test.mjs b/quickshell/tests/launcher-app-source.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67e59be63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickshell/tests/launcher-app-source.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import { loadScript } from "./qml-script.mjs";
+
+const utils = loadScript(new URL("../Modals/DLauncherV2/ControllerUtils.js", import.meta.url));
+
+test("app source follows the binary, not BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT", () => {
+    const cases = [
+        ["env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/nix/store/abc-codex/share/applications/codex.desktop /nix/store/abc-codex/bin/codex %u", "nix"],
+        ["env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/usr/share/applications/foo.desktop /usr/bin/foo", "system"],
+        ["env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop /snap/bin/firefox %u", "snap"],
+        ["snap run spotify", "snap"],
+        ["/nix/store/def-chrome/bin/google-chrome-stable %U", "nix"]
+    ];
+    for (const [exec, source] of cases)
+        assert.equal(utils.classifyAppSource({ id: "app", execString: exec }), source, exec);
+});