diff --git a/_conda b/_conda
index 05bbaa7..24f463d 100644
--- a/_conda
+++ b/_conda
@@ -159,13 +159,15 @@ local -A opt_args
 
 __conda_envs(){
     local -a envs unnamed sort globalfirst localenvs globalenvs
-    local -a ls_opts=("-1")
+    local -a ls_opts
     local -a describe_opts
     local localenvspath
     # only parse environments.txt (including unnamed envs) if asked by the user
     zstyle -s ":conda_zsh_completion:*" show-unnamed unnamed
     zstyle -s ":conda_zsh_completion:*" sort-envs-by-time sort
     zstyle -s ":conda_zsh_completion:*" show-global-envs-first globalfirst
+
+    ls_opts=("-1")
     if test -n "$sort"; then
         ls_opts+=("-t")
         describe_opts+=("-V")