diff --git a/news/6322.bugfix.rst b/news/6322.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9c363c5ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/6322.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix launching PowerShell on UNC paths
diff --git a/pipenv/shells.py b/pipenv/shells.py
index 70938a1f35..d579785973 100644
--- a/pipenv/shells.py
+++ b/pipenv/shells.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def _handover(cmd, args):
     if os.name != "nt":
         os.execvp(cmd, args)
     else:
-        sys.exit(subprocess.call(args, shell=True, universal_newlines=True))
+        sys.exit(subprocess.call(args, universal_newlines=True))
 
 
 class Shell: