diff --git a/sky/client/cli/command.py b/sky/client/cli/command.py
index 15a5057d6..5417cad9f 100644
--- a/sky/client/cli/command.py
+++ b/sky/client/cli/command.py
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ def _get_cluster_records_and_set_ssh_config(
             escaped_key_path = shlex.quote(
                 (cluster_utils.SSHConfigHelper.generate_local_key_file(
                     handle.cluster_name, credentials)))
-            escaped_executable_path = shlex.quote(sys.executable)
             escaped_websocket_proxy_path = shlex.quote(
                 f'{directory_utils.get_sky_dir()}/templates/websocket_proxy.py')
             # Instead of directly use websocket_proxy.py, we add an
@@ -220,8 +219,7 @@ def _get_cluster_records_and_set_ssh_config(
                 # TODO(zhwu): write the template to a temp file, don't use
                 # the one in skypilot repo, to avoid changing the file when
                 # updating skypilot.
-                f'\"{escaped_executable_path} '
-                f'{escaped_websocket_proxy_path} '
+                f'\"{escaped_websocket_proxy_path} '
                 f'{server_common.get_server_url()} '
                 f'{handle.cluster_name} '
                 f'kubernetes-pod-ssh-proxy\"')
@@ -229,13 +227,11 @@ def _get_cluster_records_and_set_ssh_config(
         elif isinstance(handle.launched_resources.cloud, clouds.Slurm):
             # Replace the proxy command to proxy through the SkyPilot API
             # server with websocket.
-            escaped_executable_path = shlex.quote(sys.executable)
             escaped_websocket_proxy_path = shlex.quote(
                 f'{directory_utils.get_sky_dir()}/templates/websocket_proxy.py')
             # %w is a placeholder for the node index, substituted per-node
             # in cluster_utils.SSHConfigHelper.add_cluster().
-            proxy_command = (f'{escaped_executable_path} '
-                             f'{escaped_websocket_proxy_path} '
+            proxy_command = (f'{escaped_websocket_proxy_path} '
                              f'{server_common.get_server_url()} '
                              f'{handle.cluster_name} '
                              f'slurm-job-ssh-proxy %w')