diff --git a/fisher.fish b/fisher.fish
index ffa9603..3ef7a47 100644
--- a/fisher.fish
+++ b/fisher.fish
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ if functions --query _fisher_self_update || test -e $__fish_config_dir/fishfile
     echo "Upgrading to Fisher $fisher_version -- learn more at" (set_color --bold --underline)"https://git.io/fisher-4"(set_color normal)
     _fisher_migrate >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
 else if functions --query _fisher_list # 4.0
-    set --query XDG_DATA_HOME || set --local XDG_DATA_HOME ~/.local/share
-    test -e $XDG_DATA_HOME/fisher && command rm -rf $XDG_DATA_HOME/fisher
     echo -n "Upgrading to Fisher $fisher_version new in-memory state..."
     fisher update >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+    set --query XDG_DATA_HOME || set --local XDG_DATA_HOME ~/.local/share
+    test -e $XDG_DATA_HOME/fisher && command rm -rf $XDG_DATA_HOME/fisher
     functions --erase _fisher_plugin_parse
     echo -ne "Done!\r\n"
 end
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