diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1f8286..aefc9e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+- `zri` is now a shell function.
+
 ## [0.4.1] - 2020-05-25
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/fzf.rs b/src/fzf.rs
index 629b182..96c01ec 100644
--- a/src/fzf.rs
+++ b/src/fzf.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl Fzf {
         // unwrap() is safe here since we have captured `stdin`
         let stdin = self.child.stdin.as_mut().unwrap();
 
-        self.lines.sort_unstable_by(|line1, line2| line2.cmp(line1));
+        self.lines.sort_unstable();
 
         for line in self.lines.iter() {
             writeln!(stdin, "{}", line).context("could not write into fzf stdin")?;
diff --git a/src/subcommand/init/shell/fish.rs b/src/subcommand/init/shell/fish.rs
index b9c2160..5cffe83 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/init/shell/fish.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/init/shell/fish.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ abbr -a {0}q 'zoxide query'
 abbr -a {0}qi 'zoxide query -i'
 
 abbr -a {0}r 'zoxide remove'
-abbr -a {0}ri 'zoxide remove -i'
+function {0}ri
+    set result (zoxide query -i $argv)
+    and zoxide remove $result
+end
 "#,
         cmd
     )
diff --git a/src/subcommand/init/shell/posix.rs b/src/subcommand/init/shell/posix.rs
index b76cdcf..16abfef 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/init/shell/posix.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/init/shell/posix.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ alias {0}q='zoxide query'
 alias {0}qi='zoxide query -i'
 
 alias {0}r='zoxide remove'
-alias {0}ri='zoxide remove -i'
+{0}ri() {{
+    result=$(zoxide query -i "$@") && zoxide remove "$result"
+}}
 "#,
         cmd
     )
diff --git a/src/subcommand/init/shell/powershell.rs b/src/subcommand/init/shell/powershell.rs
index a019b93..2c7ac2a 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/init/shell/powershell.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/init/shell/powershell.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ function {0}q {{ zoxide query @args }}
 function {0}qi {{ zoxide query -i @args }}
 
 function {0}r {{ zoxide remove @args }}
-function {0}ri {{ zoxide remove -i @args }}
+function {0}ri {{
+    $result = zoxide query -i @args
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {{
+        zoxide remove $result
+    }}
+}}
 "#,
         cmd
     )
diff --git a/src/subcommand/remove.rs b/src/subcommand/remove.rs
index 530ce8b..43a97cb 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/remove.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/remove.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-use crate::fzf::Fzf;
-use crate::util::{canonicalize, get_current_time, get_db, path_to_str};
+use crate::util::{canonicalize, get_db, path_to_str};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use structopt::StructOpt;
@@ -7,27 +6,12 @@ use structopt::StructOpt;
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
 #[structopt(about = "Remove a directory")]
 pub struct Remove {
-    query: Vec<String>,
-    #[structopt(short, long, help = "Opens an interactive selection menu using fzf")]
-    interactive: bool,
+    path: String,
 }
 
 impl Remove {
     pub fn run(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        if self.interactive {
-            remove_interactive(&self.query)
-        } else if let [path] = self.query.as_slice() {
-            remove(&path)
-        } else {
-            clap::Error::with_description(
-                &format!(
-                    "remove requires 1 value in non-interactive mode, but {} were provided",
-                    self.query.len()
-                ),
-                clap::ErrorKind::WrongNumberOfValues,
-            )
-            .exit();
-        }
+        remove(&self.path)
     }
 }
 
@@ -51,41 +35,3 @@ fn remove(path: &str) -> Result<()> {
 
     bail!("could not find path in database: {}", path)
 }
-
-fn remove_interactive(keywords: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
-    let mut db = get_db()?;
-    let now = get_current_time()?;
-
-    let keywords = keywords
-        .iter()
-        .map(|keyword| keyword.to_lowercase())
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-    let mut fzf = Fzf::new()?;
-
-    for idx in (0..db.dirs.len()).rev() {
-        let dir = &db.dirs[idx];
-
-        if !dir.is_match(&keywords) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if !dir.is_valid() {
-            db.dirs.swap_remove(idx);
-            db.modified = true;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        fzf.write_dir(&dir, now);
-    }
-
-    if let Some(path) = fzf.wait_selection()? {
-        if let Some(idx) = db.dirs.iter().position(|dir| dir.path == path) {
-            db.dirs.swap_remove(idx);
-            db.modified = true;
-            return Ok(());
-        }
-    }
-
-    bail!("no match found");
-}