diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1c72ed..c590fd5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ nvim oil-ssh://[username@]hostname[:port]/[path]
 
 This may look familiar. In fact, this is the same url format that netrw uses.
 
-Note that at the moment the ssh adapter does not support Windows machines, and it requires the server to have a `/bin/bash` binary as well as standard unix commands (`rm`, `mv`, `mkdir`, `chmod`, `cp`, `touch`, `ln`, `echo`).
+Note that at the moment the ssh adapter does not support Windows machines, and it requires the server to have a `/bin/sh` binary as well as standard unix commands (`rm`, `mv`, `mkdir`, `chmod`, `cp`, `touch`, `ln`, `echo`).
 
 ## API
 
diff --git a/lua/oil/adapters/ssh/connection.lua b/lua/oil/adapters/ssh/connection.lua
index 6f6d05c..e2f5c11 100644
--- a/lua/oil/adapters/ssh/connection.lua
+++ b/lua/oil/adapters/ssh/connection.lua
@@ -83,12 +83,11 @@ end
 function SSHConnection.new(url)
   local command = SSHConnection.create_ssh_command(url)
   vim.list_extend(command, {
-    "/bin/bash",
-    "--norc",
+    "/bin/sh",
     "-c",
     -- HACK: For some reason in my testing if I just have "echo READY" it doesn't appear, but if I echo
     -- anything prior to that, it *will* appear. The first line gets swallowed.
-    "echo '_make_newline_'; echo '===READY==='; exec /bin/bash --norc",
+    "echo '_make_newline_'; echo '===READY==='; exec /bin/sh",
   })
   local term_bufnr = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(false, true)
   local self = setmetatable({
diff --git a/tests/url_spec.lua b/tests/url_spec.lua
index fbdde90..d9ecb30 100644
--- a/tests/url_spec.lua
+++ b/tests/url_spec.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ describe("url", function()
   it("get_url_for_path", function()
     local cases = {
       { "", "oil://" .. util.addslash(vim.fn.getcwd()) },
-      { "term://~/oil.nvim//52953:/bin/bash", "oil://" .. vim.loop.os_homedir() .. "/oil.nvim/" },
+      { "term://~/oil.nvim//52953:/bin/sh", "oil://" .. vim.loop.os_homedir() .. "/oil.nvim/" },
       { "/foo/bar.txt", "oil:///foo/", "bar.txt" },
       { "oil:///foo/bar.txt", "oil:///foo/", "bar.txt" },
       { "oil:///", "oil:///" },