diff --git a/src/client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/condaActivationProvider.ts b/src/client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/condaActivationProvider.ts
index 09dfc8ce5c92..d209550e04a4 100644
--- a/src/client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/condaActivationProvider.ts
+++ b/src/client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/condaActivationProvider.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ import { IPlatformService } from '../../platform/types';
 import { IConfigurationService } from '../../types';
 import { ITerminalActivationCommandProvider, TerminalShellType } from '../types';
 
-// Version number of conda that requires we call activate with 'conda activate' instead of just 'activate'
-const CondaRequiredMajor = 4;
-const CondaRequiredMinor = 4;
-const CondaRequiredMinorForPowerShell = 6;
-
 /**
  * Support conda env activation (in the terminal).
  */
@@ -65,57 +60,38 @@ export class CondaActivationCommandProvider implements ITerminalActivationComman
 
         const condaEnv = envInfo.name.length > 0 ? envInfo.name : envInfo.path;
 
-        // Algorithm differs based on version
-        // Old version, just call activate directly.
-        // New version, call activate from the same path as our python path, then call it again to activate our environment.
-        // -- note that the 'default' conda location won't allow activate to work for the environment sometimes.
-        const versionInfo = await this.condaService.getCondaVersion();
-        if (versionInfo && versionInfo.major >= CondaRequiredMajor) {
-            // Conda added support for powershell in 4.6.
+        // New version.
+        const interpreterPath = await this.condaService.getInterpreterPathForEnvironment(envInfo);
+        const activatePath = await this.condaService.getActivationScriptFromInterpreter(interpreterPath, envInfo.name);
+        // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+        if (activatePath?.path) {
             if (
-                versionInfo.minor >= CondaRequiredMinorForPowerShell &&
-                (targetShell === TerminalShellType.powershell || targetShell === TerminalShellType.powershellCore)
+                this.platform.isWindows &&
+                targetShell !== TerminalShellType.bash &&
+                targetShell !== TerminalShellType.gitbash
             ) {
-                return _getPowershellCommands(condaEnv);
+                return [activatePath.path, `conda activate ${condaEnv.toCommandArgumentForPythonExt()}`];
             }
-            if (versionInfo.minor >= CondaRequiredMinor) {
-                // New version.
-                const interpreterPath = await this.condaService.getInterpreterPathForEnvironment(envInfo);
-                const activatePath = await this.condaService.getActivationScriptFromInterpreter(
-                    interpreterPath,
-                    envInfo.name,
-                );
+
+            const condaInfo = await this.condaService.getCondaInfo();
+
+            if (
+                activatePath.type !== 'global' ||
                 // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
-                if (activatePath?.path) {
-                    if (
-                        this.platform.isWindows &&
-                        targetShell !== TerminalShellType.bash &&
-                        targetShell !== TerminalShellType.gitbash
-                    ) {
-                        return [activatePath.path, `conda activate ${condaEnv.toCommandArgumentForPythonExt()}`];
-                    }
-
-                    const condaInfo = await this.condaService.getCondaInfo();
-
-                    if (
-                        activatePath.type !== 'global' ||
-                        // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
-                        condaInfo?.conda_shlvl === undefined ||
-                        condaInfo.conda_shlvl === -1
-                    ) {
-                        // activatePath is not the global activate path, or we don't have a shlvl, or it's -1（conda never sourced）.
-                        // and we need to source the activate path.
-                        if (activatePath.path === 'activate') {
-                            return [
-                                `source ${activatePath.path}`,
-                                `conda activate ${condaEnv.toCommandArgumentForPythonExt()}`,
-                            ];
-                        }
-                        return [`source ${activatePath.path} ${condaEnv.toCommandArgumentForPythonExt()}`];
-                    }
-                    return [`conda activate ${condaEnv.toCommandArgumentForPythonExt()}`];
+                condaInfo?.conda_shlvl === undefined ||
+                condaInfo.conda_shlvl === -1
+            ) {
+                // activatePath is not the global activate path, or we don't have a shlvl, or it's -1（conda never sourced）.
+                // and we need to source the activate path.
+                if (activatePath.path === 'activate') {
+                    return [
+                        `source ${activatePath.path}`,
+                        `conda activate ${condaEnv.toCommandArgumentForPythonExt()}`,
+                    ];
                 }
+                return [`source ${activatePath.path} ${condaEnv.toCommandArgumentForPythonExt()}`];
             }
+            return [`conda activate ${condaEnv.toCommandArgumentForPythonExt()}`];
         }
 
         switch (targetShell) {
diff --git a/src/test/common/terminals/activation.conda.unit.test.ts b/src/test/common/terminals/activation.conda.unit.test.ts
index e26f09fd516a..904752d698c9 100644
--- a/src/test/common/terminals/activation.conda.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/common/terminals/activation.conda.unit.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { parse } from 'semver';
 import { anything, instance, mock, when } from 'ts-mockito';
 import * as TypeMoq from 'typemoq';
 import { Disposable } from 'vscode';
@@ -145,37 +144,6 @@ suite('Terminal Environment Activation conda', () => {
         expect(activationCommands).to.deep.equal(expected, 'Incorrect Activation command');
     });
 
-    test('Conda activation on bash uses "source" before 4.4.0', async () => {
-        const envName = 'EnvA';
-        const pythonPath = 'python3';
-        const condaPath = path.join('a', 'b', 'c', 'conda');
-        platformService.setup((p) => p.isWindows).returns(() => false);
-        condaService.reset();
-        componentAdapter
-            .setup((c) => c.getCondaEnvironment(TypeMoq.It.isAny()))
-            .returns(() =>
-                Promise.resolve({
-                    name: envName,
-                    path: path.dirname(pythonPath),
-                }),
-            );
-        condaService.setup((c) => c.getCondaFile()).returns(() => Promise.resolve(condaPath));
-        condaService.setup((c) => c.getCondaVersion()).returns(() => Promise.resolve(parse('4.3.1', true)!));
-        const expected = [
-            `source ${path.join(path.dirname(condaPath), 'activate').fileToCommandArgumentForPythonExt()} EnvA`,
-        ];
-
-        const provider = new CondaActivationCommandProvider(
-            condaService.object,
-            platformService.object,
-            configService.object,
-            componentAdapter.object,
-        );
-        const activationCommands = await provider.getActivationCommands(undefined, TerminalShellType.bash);
-
-        expect(activationCommands).to.deep.equal(expected, 'Incorrect Activation command');
-    });
-
     test('Conda activation on bash uses "conda" after 4.4.0', async () => {
         const envName = 'EnvA';
         const pythonPath = 'python3';
@@ -191,7 +159,6 @@ suite('Terminal Environment Activation conda', () => {
                 }),
             );
         condaService.setup((c) => c.getCondaFile()).returns(() => Promise.resolve(condaPath));
-        condaService.setup((c) => c.getCondaVersion()).returns(() => Promise.resolve(parse('4.4.0', true)!));
         const expected = [
             `source ${path.join(path.dirname(condaPath), 'activate').fileToCommandArgumentForPythonExt()} EnvA`,
         ];
@@ -308,7 +275,6 @@ suite('Terminal Environment Activation conda', () => {
                         path: path.dirname(pythonPath),
                     }),
                 );
-            condaService.setup((c) => c.getCondaVersion()).returns(() => Promise.resolve(parse('4.4.0', true)!));
             condaService
                 .setup((c) => c.getCondaFileFromInterpreter(TypeMoq.It.isAny(), TypeMoq.It.isAny()))
                 .returns(() => Promise.resolve(interpreterPath));