diff --git a/Dist/git_hook_shims/commit-msg b/Dist/git_hook_shims/commit-msg
index 943f0ed582..7f5548da50 100755
--- a/Dist/git_hook_shims/commit-msg
+++ b/Dist/git_hook_shims/commit-msg
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-@{a="\"} >$null # " 2>/dev/null || true #" >NUL 2>&1 || TYPE NUL & ECHO OFF
-
-echo \" <<'BATCH_SCRIPT' >/dev/null ">NUL "\"
-dotnet pwsh .\Dist\git_hooks\commit-msg.ps1 %*
-GOTO :eof
-BATCH_SCRIPT
-# else this is BASH
-# heredoc trick for polyglot taken from https://github.com/llamasoft/polyshell#how-it-works -- this script is basically that sans PowerShell support (since that's not the shell on Windows)
-# improved Batch `ECHO OFF` taken from https://github.com/tingstad/polyscript#explanation
-
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
 dotnet pwsh "./Dist/git_hooks/$(basename "$0").ps1" "$@"
-exit $?