diff --git a/src/pythonManager.ts b/src/pythonManager.ts
index 31d60924b..a1a68c3fa 100644
--- a/src/pythonManager.ts
+++ b/src/pythonManager.ts
@@ -358,7 +358,9 @@ export async function getUnixPythonList(workingDir: string) {
     );
     if (pyVersionsStr) {
       const resultList = pyVersionsStr.trim().split("\n");
-      return resultList;
+      const uniquePathsSet = new Set(resultList);
+      const uniquePathsArray = Array.from(uniquePathsSet);
+      return uniquePathsArray;
     }
   } catch (error) {
     Logger.errorNotify("Error looking for python in system", error);
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index b2a916b6e..b038fa9dc 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -246,8 +246,12 @@ export async function setCCppPropertiesJsonCompilerPath(
     let compilerRelativePath = compilerAbsolutePath.split(
       modifiedEnv.IDF_TOOLS_PATH
     )[1];
+    const settingToUse =
+      process.platform === "win32"
+        ? "${config:idf.toolsPathWin}"
+        : "${config:idf.toolsPath}";
     cCppPropertiesJson.configurations[0].compilerPath =
-      "${config:idf.toolsPath}" + compilerRelativePath;
+      settingToUse + compilerRelativePath;
     await writeJSON(cCppPropertiesJsonPath, cCppPropertiesJson, {
       spaces: vscode.workspace.getConfiguration().get("editor.tabSize") || 2,
     });