diff --git a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
index 7aef2e16..523d42c8 100755
--- a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
+++ b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
@@ -2210,15 +2210,10 @@ _p9k_init() {
 typeset -gi _P9K_ENABLED=0
 
 prompt_powerlevel9k_setup() {
-  emulate -L zsh
+  setopt noprompt{bang,subst} prompt{cr,percent,sp}
 
   prompt_powerlevel9k_teardown
 
-  autoload -U colors && colors
-  autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook
-  zmodload zsh/datetime
-  zmodload zsh/mathfunc
-
   add-zsh-hook precmd powerlevel9k_prepare_prompts
   add-zsh-hook preexec powerlevel9k_preexec
 
@@ -2235,5 +2230,10 @@ prompt_powerlevel9k_teardown() {
   _P9K_ENABLED=0
 }
 
-setopt noprompt{bang,subst} prompt{cr,percent,sp}
+autoload -U colors && colors
+autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook
+
+zmodload zsh/datetime
+zmodload zsh/mathfunc
+
 prompt_powerlevel9k_setup "$@"