diff --git a/fish_completions.go b/fish_completions.go
index eaae9bca86..d836496288 100644
--- a/fish_completions.go
+++ b/fish_completions.go
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ function __%[1]s_debug
 end
 
 function __%[1]s_perform_completion
-    __%[1]s_debug "Starting __%[1]s_perform_completion with: $argv"
+    __%[1]s_debug "Starting __%[1]s_perform_completion"
 
-    set args (string split -- " " "$argv")
+    set args (string split -- " " (commandline -c))
     set lastArg "$args[-1]"
 
     __%[1]s_debug "args: $args"
@@ -71,31 +71,22 @@ function __%[1]s_perform_completion
     printf "%%s\n" "$directiveLine"
 end
 
-# This function does three things:
-# 1- Obtain the completions and store them in the global __%[1]s_comp_results
-# 2- Set the __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp flag if file completion should be performed
-#    and unset it otherwise
-# 3- Return true if the completion results are not empty
+# This function does two things:
+# - Obtain the completions and store them in the global __%[1]s_comp_results
+# - Return false if file completion should be performed
 function __%[1]s_prepare_completions
+    __%[1]s_debug ""
+    __%[1]s_debug "========= starting completion logic =========="
+
     # Start fresh
-    set --erase __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp
     set --erase __%[1]s_comp_results
 
-    # Check if the command-line is already provided.  This is useful for testing.
-    if not set --query __%[1]s_comp_commandLine
-        # Use the -c flag to allow for completion in the middle of the line
-        set __%[1]s_comp_commandLine (commandline -c)
-    end
-    __%[1]s_debug "commandLine is: $__%[1]s_comp_commandLine"
-
-    set results (__%[1]s_perform_completion "$__%[1]s_comp_commandLine")
-    set --erase __%[1]s_comp_commandLine
+    set results (__%[1]s_perform_completion)
     __%[1]s_debug "Completion results: $results"
 
     if test -z "$results"
         __%[1]s_debug "No completion, probably due to a failure"
         # Might as well do file completion, in case it helps
-        set --global __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp 1
         return 1
     end
 
@@ -119,7 +110,6 @@ function __%[1]s_prepare_completions
     if test $compErr -eq 1
         __%[1]s_debug "Received error directive: aborting."
         # Might as well do file completion, in case it helps
-        set --global __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp 1
         return 1
     end
 
@@ -128,7 +118,6 @@ function __%[1]s_prepare_completions
     if test $filefilter -eq 1; or test $dirfilter -eq 1
         __%[1]s_debug "File extension filtering or directory filtering not supported"
         # Do full file completion instead
-        set --global __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp 1
         return 1
     end
 
@@ -137,32 +126,56 @@ function __%[1]s_prepare_completions
 
     __%[1]s_debug "nospace: $nospace, nofiles: $nofiles"
 
-    # Important not to quote the variable for count to work
-    set numComps (count $__%[1]s_comp_results)
-    __%[1]s_debug "numComps: $numComps"
-
-    if test $numComps -eq 1; and test $nospace -ne 0
-        # To support the "nospace" directive we trick the shell
-        # by outputting an extra, longer completion.
-        __%[1]s_debug "Adding second completion to perform nospace directive"
-        set --append __%[1]s_comp_results $__%[1]s_comp_results[1].
+    # If we want to prevent a space, or if file completion is NOT disabled,
+    # we need to count the number of valid completions.
+    # To do so, we will filter on prefix as the completions we have received
+    # may not already be filtered so as to allow fish to match on different
+    # criteria than the prefix.
+    if test $nospace -ne 0; or test $nofiles -eq 0
+        set prefix (commandline -t)
+        __%[1]s_debug "prefix: $prefix"
+
+        set completions
+        for comp in $__%[1]s_comp_results
+            if test (string match -e -r "^$prefix" "$comp")
+                set -a completions $comp
+            end
+        end
+        set --global __%[1]s_comp_results $completions
+        __%[1]s_debug "Filtered completions are: $__%[1]s_comp_results"
+
+        # Important not to quote the variable for count to work
+        set numComps (count $__%[1]s_comp_results)
+        __%[1]s_debug "numComps: $numComps"
+
+        if test $numComps -eq 1; and test $nospace -ne 0
+            # To support the "nospace" directive we trick the shell
+            # by outputting an extra, longer completion.
+            # We must first split on \t to get rid of the descriptions because
+            # the extra character we add to the fake second completion must be
+            # before the description.  We don't need descriptions anyway since
+            # there is only a single real completion which the shell will expand
+            # immediately.
+            __%[1]s_debug "Adding second completion to perform nospace directive"
+            set split (string split --max 1 \t $__%[1]s_comp_results[1])
+            set --global __%[1]s_comp_results $split[1] $split[1].
+            __%[1]s_debug "Completions are now: $__%[1]s_comp_results"
+        end
+
+        if test $numComps -eq 0; and test $nofiles -eq 0
+            # To be consistent with bash and zsh, we only trigger file
+            # completion when there are no other completions
+            __%[1]s_debug "Requesting file completion"
+            return 1
+        end
     end
 
-    if test $numComps -eq 0; and test $nofiles -eq 0
-        __%[1]s_debug "Requesting file completion"
-        set --global __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp 1
-    end
-
-    # If we don't want file completion, we must return true even if there
-    # are no completions found.  This is because fish will perform the last
-    # completion command, even if its condition is false, if no other
-    # completion command was triggered
-    return (not set --query __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp)
+    return 0
 end
 
 # Since Fish completions are only loaded once the user triggers them, we trigger them ourselves
 # so we can properly delete any completions provided by another script.
-# The space after the the program name is essential to trigger completion for the program
+# The space after the program name is essential to trigger completion for the program
 # and not completion of the program name itself.
 complete --do-complete "%[2]s " > /dev/null 2>&1
 # Using '> /dev/null 2>&1' since '&>' is not supported in older versions of fish.
@@ -170,16 +183,8 @@ complete --do-complete "%[2]s " > /dev/null 2>&1
 # Remove any pre-existing completions for the program since we will be handling all of them.
 complete -c %[2]s -e
 
-# The order in which the below two lines are defined is very important so that __%[1]s_prepare_completions
-# is called first.  It is __%[1]s_prepare_completions that sets up the __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp variable.
-#
-# This completion will be run second as complete commands are added FILO.
-# It triggers file completion choices when __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp is set.
-complete -c %[2]s -n 'set --query __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp'
-
-# This completion will be run first as complete commands are added FILO.
-# The call to __%[1]s_prepare_completions will setup both __%[1]s_comp_results and __%[1]s_comp_do_file_comp.
-# It provides the program's completion choices.
+# The call to __%[1]s_prepare_completions will setup __%[1]s_comp_results
+# which provides the program's completion choices.
 complete -c %[2]s -n '__%[1]s_prepare_completions' -f -a '$__%[1]s_comp_results'
 
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