diff --git a/master_changes.md b/master_changes.md
index 651a4d47020..cea64e6aa37 100644
--- a/master_changes.md
+++ b/master_changes.md
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ users)
   * Make SHA computation faster by using ocaml-sha [#5042 @kit-ty-kate]
   * Make OpamConfigCommand.global_allowed_fields fully lazy [#5162 @LasseBlaauwbroek]
   * Overhaul Windows C stubs and update for Unicode [#5190 @dra27]
+  * Unify constructors for powershell hosts [#5203 @dra27]
 
 ## Internal: Windows
   * Support MSYS2: treat MSYS2 and Cygwin as equivalent [#4813 @jonahbeckford]
diff --git a/src/client/opamArg.ml b/src/client/opamArg.ml
index 66a2584f13d..c5a6e4367e9 100644
--- a/src/client/opamArg.ml
+++ b/src/client/opamArg.ml
@@ -1039,9 +1039,9 @@ let shell_opt cli validity =
     None,"csh",SH_csh;
     None,"zsh",SH_zsh;
     None,"fish",SH_fish;
-    Some cli2_2,"pwsh",SH_pwsh;
+    Some cli2_2,"pwsh",SH_pwsh Powershell_pwsh;
     Some cli2_2,"cmd",SH_win_cmd;
-    Some cli2_2,"powershell",SH_win_powershell
+    Some cli2_2,"powershell",SH_pwsh Powershell
   ] |> List.map (fun (c,s,v) -> OpamStd.Option.map_default cli_from cli_original c, s, v)
   in
   mk_enum_opt ~cli validity ["shell"] "SHELL" enum
diff --git a/src/client/opamCommands.ml b/src/client/opamCommands.ml
index 15d949ea039..075a27fd413 100644
--- a/src/client/opamCommands.ml
+++ b/src/client/opamCommands.ml
@@ -1216,6 +1216,7 @@ let config cli =
       | Some s -> s
       | None -> OpamStd.Sys.guess_shell_compat ()
     in
+    let pwsh = match shell with SH_pwsh _ -> true | _ -> false in
     match command, params with
     | Some `env, [] ->
       OpamGlobalState.with_ `Lock_none @@ fun gt ->
@@ -1225,8 +1226,7 @@ let config cli =
          `Ok (OpamConfigCommand.env gt sw
                 ~set_opamroot ~set_opamswitch
                 ~csh:(shell=SH_csh) ~sexp ~fish:(shell=SH_fish)
-                ~pwsh:(shell=SH_pwsh || shell=SH_win_powershell)
-                ~cmd:(shell=SH_win_cmd)
+                ~pwsh ~cmd:(shell=SH_win_cmd)
                 ~inplace_path))
     | Some `revert_env, [] ->
       OpamGlobalState.with_ `Lock_none @@ fun gt ->
@@ -1236,8 +1236,7 @@ let config cli =
          `Ok (OpamConfigCommand.ensure_env gt sw;
               OpamConfigCommand.print_eval_env
                 ~csh:(shell=SH_csh) ~sexp ~fish:(shell=SH_fish)
-                ~pwsh:(shell=SH_pwsh || shell=SH_win_powershell)
-                ~cmd:(shell=SH_win_cmd)
+                ~pwsh ~cmd:(shell=SH_win_cmd)
                 (OpamEnv.add [] [])))
     | Some `list, [] ->
       OpamGlobalState.with_ `Lock_none @@ fun gt ->
@@ -1529,6 +1528,7 @@ let env cli =
       | Some s -> s
       | None -> OpamStd.Sys.guess_shell_compat ()
     in
+    let pwsh = match shell with SH_pwsh _ -> true | _ -> false in
     match revert with
     | false ->
       OpamGlobalState.with_ `Lock_none @@ fun gt ->
@@ -1538,14 +1538,12 @@ let env cli =
          OpamConfigCommand.env gt sw
            ~set_opamroot ~set_opamswitch
            ~csh:(shell=SH_csh) ~sexp ~fish:(shell=SH_fish)
-           ~pwsh:(shell=SH_pwsh || shell=SH_win_powershell)
-           ~cmd:(shell=SH_win_cmd)
+           ~pwsh ~cmd:(shell=SH_win_cmd)
            ~inplace_path);
     | true ->
       OpamConfigCommand.print_eval_env
         ~csh:(shell=SH_csh) ~sexp ~fish:(shell=SH_fish)
-        ~pwsh:(shell=SH_pwsh || shell=SH_win_powershell)
-        ~cmd:(shell=SH_win_cmd)
+        ~pwsh ~cmd:(shell=SH_win_cmd)
         (OpamEnv.add [] [])
   in
   let open Common_config_flags in
diff --git a/src/core/opamStd.ml b/src/core/opamStd.ml
index 417a0b99ef5..ad7055345bf 100644
--- a/src/core/opamStd.ml
+++ b/src/core/opamStd.ml
@@ -903,8 +903,9 @@ module OpamSys = struct
     ) in
     fun () -> Lazy.force os
 
-  type shell = SH_sh | SH_bash | SH_zsh | SH_csh | SH_fish | SH_pwsh
-    | SH_win_cmd | SH_win_powershell
+  type powershell_host = Powershell_pwsh | Powershell
+  type shell = SH_sh | SH_bash | SH_zsh | SH_csh | SH_fish
+    | SH_pwsh of powershell_host | SH_win_cmd
 
   let windows_default_shell = SH_win_cmd
   let unix_default_shell = SH_sh
@@ -916,7 +917,7 @@ module OpamSys = struct
     | "zsh"  -> Some SH_zsh
     | "bash" -> Some SH_bash
     | "fish" -> Some SH_fish
-    | "pwsh" -> Some SH_pwsh
+    | "pwsh" -> Some (SH_pwsh Powershell_pwsh)
     | "dash"
     | "sh"   -> Some SH_sh
     | _      -> None
@@ -961,8 +962,9 @@ module OpamSys = struct
 
   let windows_get_shell =
     let categorize_process = function
-      | "powershell.exe" | "powershell_ise.exe" -> Some (Accept SH_win_powershell)
-      | "pwsh.exe" -> Some (Accept SH_pwsh)
+      | "powershell.exe" | "powershell_ise.exe" ->
+        Some (Accept (SH_pwsh Powershell))
+      | "pwsh.exe" -> Some (Accept (SH_pwsh Powershell_pwsh))
       | "cmd.exe" -> Some (Accept SH_win_cmd)
       | "env.exe" -> Some (Accept SH_sh)
       | name ->
@@ -1064,7 +1066,7 @@ module OpamSys = struct
       let cshrc = home ".cshrc" in
       let tcshrc = home ".tcshrc" in
       if Sys.file_exists cshrc then cshrc else tcshrc
-    | SH_pwsh | SH_win_powershell ->
+    | SH_pwsh _ ->
       if Sys.win32 then win_my_powershell "Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1" else
       List.fold_left Filename.concat (home ".config") ["powershell"; "Microsoft.Powershell_profile.ps1"]
     | SH_sh -> home ".profile"
diff --git a/src/core/opamStd.mli b/src/core/opamStd.mli
index 4f387d958e1..af93cef69b3 100644
--- a/src/core/opamStd.mli
+++ b/src/core/opamStd.mli
@@ -439,8 +439,9 @@ module Sys : sig
   val executable_name : string -> string
 
   (** The different families of shells we know about *)
-  type shell = SH_sh | SH_bash | SH_zsh | SH_csh | SH_fish | SH_pwsh
-    | SH_win_cmd | SH_win_powershell
+  type powershell_host = Powershell_pwsh | Powershell
+  type shell = SH_sh | SH_bash | SH_zsh | SH_csh | SH_fish
+    | SH_pwsh of powershell_host | SH_win_cmd
 
   (** Guess the shell compat-mode *)
   val guess_shell_compat: unit -> shell
diff --git a/src/format/opamTypes.mli b/src/format/opamTypes.mli
index b914438b071..39bc31c843d 100644
--- a/src/format/opamTypes.mli
+++ b/src/format/opamTypes.mli
@@ -318,9 +318,10 @@ type universe = {
 type pin_kind = [ `version | OpamUrl.backend ]
 
 (** Shell compatibility modes *)
+type powershell_host = OpamStd.Sys.powershell_host = Powershell_pwsh | Powershell
 type shell = OpamStd.Sys.shell =
-    SH_sh | SH_bash | SH_zsh | SH_csh | SH_fish | SH_pwsh
-    | SH_win_cmd | SH_win_powershell
+  | SH_sh | SH_bash | SH_zsh | SH_csh | SH_fish | SH_pwsh of powershell_host
+  | SH_win_cmd
 
 (** {2 Generic command-line definitions with filters} *)
 
diff --git a/src/format/opamTypesBase.ml b/src/format/opamTypesBase.ml
index 1d153392b6e..711f7a03dda 100644
--- a/src/format/opamTypesBase.ml
+++ b/src/format/opamTypesBase.ml
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ let string_of_shell = function
   | SH_zsh  -> "zsh"
   | SH_sh   -> "sh"
   | SH_bash -> "bash"
-  | SH_pwsh -> "pwsh"
+  | SH_pwsh Powershell_pwsh -> "pwsh"
+  | SH_pwsh Powershell -> "powershell"
   | SH_win_cmd -> "cmd"
-  | SH_win_powershell -> "powershell"
 
 let file_null = ""
 let pos_file filename =
diff --git a/src/state/opamEnv.ml b/src/state/opamEnv.ml
index 7f4e6a27319..a1fddc576b3 100644
--- a/src/state/opamEnv.ml
+++ b/src/state/opamEnv.ml
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ let is_up_to_date ?skip st =
 (** Returns shell-appropriate statement to evaluate [cmd]. *)
 let shell_eval_invocation shell cmd =
   match shell with
-  | SH_win_powershell | SH_pwsh ->
+  | SH_pwsh _ ->
     Printf.sprintf "(& %s) -split '\\r?\\n' | ForEach-Object { Invoke-Expression $_ }" cmd
   | SH_fish ->
     Printf.sprintf "eval (%s)" cmd
@@ -427,21 +427,21 @@ let shells_list = [ SH_sh; SH_zsh; SH_csh; SH_fish ]
 let complete_file = function
   | SH_sh | SH_bash -> Some "complete.sh"
   | SH_zsh -> Some "complete.zsh"
-  | SH_csh | SH_fish | SH_pwsh | SH_win_cmd | SH_win_powershell -> None
+  | SH_csh | SH_fish | SH_pwsh _ | SH_win_cmd -> None
 
 let env_hook_file = function
   | SH_sh | SH_bash -> Some "env_hook.sh"
   | SH_zsh -> Some "env_hook.zsh"
   | SH_csh -> Some "env_hook.csh"
   | SH_fish -> Some "env_hook.fish"
-  | SH_pwsh | SH_win_cmd | SH_win_powershell ->
+  | SH_pwsh _ | SH_win_cmd ->
     (* N/A because not present in `shells_list` yet *) None
 
 let variables_file = function
   | SH_sh | SH_bash | SH_zsh -> "variables.sh"
   | SH_csh -> "variables.csh"
   | SH_fish -> "variables.fish"
-  | SH_pwsh | SH_win_cmd | SH_win_powershell ->
+  | SH_pwsh _ | SH_win_cmd ->
     (* N/A because not present in `shells_list` yet *) "variables.sh"
 
 let init_file = function
@@ -449,21 +449,21 @@ let init_file = function
   | SH_zsh -> "init.zsh"
   | SH_csh -> "init.csh"
   | SH_fish -> "init.fish"
-  | SH_pwsh | SH_win_cmd | SH_win_powershell ->
+  | SH_pwsh _ | SH_win_cmd ->
     (* N/A because not present in `shells_list` yet *) "init.sh"
 
 let complete_script = function
   | SH_sh | SH_bash -> Some OpamScript.complete
   | SH_zsh -> Some OpamScript.complete_zsh
   | SH_csh | SH_fish -> None
-  | SH_pwsh | SH_win_cmd | SH_win_powershell -> None
+  | SH_pwsh _ | SH_win_cmd -> None
 
 let env_hook_script_base = function
   | SH_sh | SH_bash -> Some OpamScript.env_hook
   | SH_zsh -> Some OpamScript.env_hook_zsh
   | SH_csh -> Some OpamScript.env_hook_csh
   | SH_fish -> Some OpamScript.env_hook_fish
-  | SH_pwsh | SH_win_cmd | SH_win_powershell -> None
+  | SH_pwsh _ | SH_win_cmd -> None
 
 let export_in_shell shell =
   let make_comment comment_opt =
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ let export_in_shell shell =
   | SH_zsh | SH_bash | SH_sh -> sh
   | SH_fish -> fish
   | SH_csh -> csh
-  | SH_pwsh | SH_win_powershell -> pwsh
+  | SH_pwsh _ -> pwsh
   | SH_win_cmd -> win_cmd
 
 let env_hook_script shell =
@@ -535,9 +535,9 @@ let source root shell f =
     Printf.sprintf "[[ ! -r %s ]] || source %s  > /dev/null 2> /dev/null\n"
       fname fname
   | SH_win_cmd ->
-    Printf.sprintf "if exist \"%s\" call \"%s\" >NUL 2>NUL\n" fname fname
-  | SH_pwsh | SH_win_powershell ->
-    Printf.sprintf ". \"%s\" > $null 2> $null\n" fname
+    Printf.sprintf "if exist \"%s\" ( \"%s\" >NUL 2>NUL )\n" fname fname
+  | SH_pwsh _ ->
+    Printf.sprintf "& \"%s\" > $null 2> $null\n" fname
 
 let if_interactive_script shell t e =
   let ielse else_opt = match else_opt with
@@ -562,9 +562,9 @@ let if_interactive_script shell t e =
   | SH_fish ->
     Printf.sprintf "if isatty\n  %s%send\n" t @@ ielse e
   | SH_win_cmd ->
-    Printf.sprintf "timeout 0 >nul 2>nul\nif not errorlevel 1 (\n%s%s)\n" t @@ ielse_cmd e
-  | SH_pwsh | SH_win_powershell ->
-    Printf.sprintf "if ([Environment]::UserInteractive -and -not [Console]::IsInputRedirected) {\n  %s%s}\n" t @@ ielse_pwsh e
+    Printf.sprintf "echo %%cmdcmdline%% | find /i \"%%~0\" >nul\nif errorlevel 1 (\n%s%s)\n" t @@ ielse_cmd e
+  | SH_pwsh _ ->
+    Printf.sprintf "if ([Environment]::UserInteractive) {\n  %s%s}\n" t @@ ielse_pwsh e
 
 let init_script root shell =
   let interactive =