diff --git a/jsprettier/sthelper.py b/jsprettier/sthelper.py
index 1bd1ac55..ca70f1d5 100644
--- a/jsprettier/sthelper.py
+++ b/jsprettier/sthelper.py
@@ -194,10 +194,7 @@ def make_local_prettier_path(somepath):
 
         #
         # 4. check globally install prettier
-        prettier_cmd = 'prettier'
-        if is_windows():
-            prettier_cmd = ensure_file_has_ext(prettier_cmd, ".cmd")
-        return which(prettier_cmd)
+        return which('prettier')
 
     # handle cases when the user specifies a prettier cli path that is
     # relative to the working file or project: