diff --git a/lib/vcs_info.zsh b/lib/vcs_info.zsh
index 01dcd90b6..edb515ce0 100644
--- a/lib/vcs_info.zsh
+++ b/lib/vcs_info.zsh
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-# Impacted versions go from v5.0.3 to v5.8 (v5.8.1 is the first patched version)
-autoload -Uz is-at-least
-if is-at-least 5.8.1 || ! is-at-least 5.0.3; then
-  return
-fi
+# Don't skip this file until a Zsh release does the necessary quoting.
+# This is because even though 5.8.1 undid recursive prompt_subst inside
+# prompt sequences, % characters in relevant fields will still be rendered
+# incorrectly in vcs_info, on all Zsh releases up to writing this.
+#
+# There is no release yet that does this right, since it requires changing
+# how what vcs_info hooks expect to receive. Even so, I'd rather be correct
+# and break custom vcs_info hooks than have a broken prompt.
 
 # Quote necessary $hook_com[<field>] items just before they are used
 # in the line "VCS_INFO_hook 'post-backend'" of the VCS_INFO_formats