@@ -1404,47 +1404,16 @@ internal static string RedactIfPowerShellCode(string input)
                 return input;
             }
 
-            bool startsWithDangerousToken =
+            bool startsWithOrContainsDangerousToken =
                 input.StartsWith('$') ||
                 input.StartsWith("@{") ||
                 input.StartsWith('(') ||
                 input.StartsWith('"') ||
-                input.StartsWith("'") ||
                 input.StartsWith('@') ||
-                input.StartsWith('\'');
+                input.StartsWith('\'') ||
+                input.Contains('$');
 
-            if (startsWithDangerousToken)
-            {   
-                // TODO add a debug message
-                return "REDACTED";
-            }
-
-            var ast = Parser.ParseInput(
-                input.ToString(),
-                out Token[] _,
-                out ParseError[] errors);
-
-            if (errors.Length > 0)
-            {
-                return input;
-            }
-
-            bool containsCode = false;
-            // we leave out n is CommandAst from here as to allow VMNames like svr19 to pass through without being redacted.
-            // Also could have used .Any() from Linq but I couldn't get that working.
-            foreach (var node in ast.FindAll(
-                n =>
-                    n is VariableExpressionAst ||
-                    n is ExpandableStringExpressionAst ||
-                    n is SubExpressionAst,
-                true))
-            {
-                containsCode = true;
-                // TODO add a debug message
-                break;
-            }
-
-            return containsCode
+            return startsWithOrContainsDangerousToken
                 ? "REDACTED"
                 : input;
         }