Overriding bash PS1 not working

Thanks to 4ae1e1, I checked my PROMPT_COMMAND was set in my .bash_profile for virtual environments.

I changed

PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "${VIRTUAL_ENV:+[$Yellow`basename $VIRTUAL_ENV`$Color_Off]\n}" "\h:\W \u\ \\\$ " "[%s]\n"'`

PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "${VIRTUAL_ENV:+[$Yellow`basename $VIRTUAL_ENV`$Color_Off]\n}" "\w \\\$ " "[%s]\n"'`

(or more clearly the part "\h:\W \u\ \\\$ " to "\w \\\$ ")

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