diff --git a/shell/services/AppLibrary.qml b/shell/services/AppLibrary.qml
index 317af1e8..738529de 100644
--- a/shell/services/AppLibrary.qml
+++ b/shell/services/AppLibrary.qml
@@ -187,9 +187,13 @@ Item {
     property string text: ""
   }
 
+  // Both scans must run in non-login shells. A login shell sources the user's
+  // profile, and tools like mise touch ~/.local/share on activation — a
+  // directory the desktop-entry watcher monitors — so every scan would
+  // trigger the next one, pinning a core at idle.
   Process {
     id: hiddenEntryScan
-    command: ["bash", "-lc", root.hiddenEntryScanCommand()]
+    command: ["bash", "-c", root.hiddenEntryScanCommand()]
     stdout: SplitParser { onRead: function(line) { hiddenEntryOutput.text += line + "\n" } }
     onStarted: hiddenEntryOutput.text = ""
     onExited: root.loadDesktopHiddenEntries(hiddenEntryOutput.text)
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ Item {
 
   Process {
     id: iconIndexScan
-    command: ["bash", "-lc", root.iconIndexScanCommand()]
+    command: ["bash", "-c", root.iconIndexScanCommand()]
     stdout: SplitParser { onRead: function(line) { root.indexIconLine(line) } }
     onStarted: root.pendingIconIndex = ({})
     // Swapping the property re-evaluates every iconSource() binding, so
diff --git a/test/shell.d/app-search-test.sh b/test/shell.d/app-search-test.sh
index 06012221..d0b6a3d1 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/app-search-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/app-search-test.sh
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ assert(
   'app library fallback icon index includes device icons'
 )
 
+assert(
+  appLibraryQml.includes('command: ["bash", "-c", root.hiddenEntryScanCommand()]') &&
+    appLibraryQml.includes('command: ["bash", "-c", root.iconIndexScanCommand()]') &&
+    !appLibraryQml.includes('"-lc"'),
+  'app library scans avoid login shells whose profile activation retriggers the desktop-entry watcher'
+)
+
 assert(
   /if \(active === "apps"\) \{[\s\S]*?rows\.sort\(function\(a, b\)/.test(menuQml),
   'apps menu enforces alphabetical display order after provider refreshes'