diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs
index 8e881f1bf7734..c21de29bf98f2 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs
@@ -141,11 +141,8 @@ pub fn libdir(target: TargetSelection) -> &'static str {
 /// Adds a list of lookup paths to `cmd`'s dynamic library lookup path.
 /// If the dylib_path_var is already set for this cmd, the old value will be overwritten!
 pub fn add_dylib_path(path: Vec<PathBuf>, cmd: &mut BootstrapCommand) {
-    let mut list = dylib_path();
-    for path in path {
-        list.insert(0, path);
-    }
-    cmd.env(dylib_path_var(), t!(env::join_paths(list)));
+    let paths = path.into_iter().chain(dylib_path());
+    cmd.env(dylib_path_var(), t!(env::join_paths(paths)));
 }
 
 pub struct TimeIt(bool, Instant);