diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
index e7a60368e9..15f39a6755 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ impl Environment {
             self.remove_env(&k);
         });
 
-        // self.direnv
-        //     .overwritten_values_to_restore()?
-        //     .iter()
-        //     .for_each(|(k, v)| {
-        //         self.add_env(&k, &v.to_string_lossy(), true);
-        //     });
+        self.direnv
+            .overwritten_values_to_restore()?
+            .iter()
+            .for_each(|(k, v)| {
+                self.add_env(&k, &v.to_string_lossy(), true);
+            });
 
         self.direnv.env_vars_to_add()?.iter().for_each(|(k, v)| {
             self.add_env(&k, &v.to_string_lossy(), true);
@@ -85,14 +85,6 @@ impl Environment {
         }) = self.environment_vars
         {
 
-            let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
-                .write(true)
-                .append(true)
-                .create(true)
-                .open("delete.txt")
-                .unwrap();
-
-            write!(&mut file, "deleting: {:?}\n", key).unwrap();
             envs.entries.remove(key);
             std::env::remove_var(key);
         };
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs
index fbcd72e6a6..7c378ea47e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ impl EnvironmentSyncer {
     pub fn sync_env_vars(&mut self, ctx: &mut Context) {
         let mut environment = self.env.lock();
 
+        environment.maintain_directory_environment().ok();
         if environment.env().is_some() {
             for (name, value) in ctx.with_host(|host| host.vars()) {
                 if name != "path" && name != "PATH" {
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ impl EnvironmentSyncer {
                     // that aren't loaded from config.
                     environment.add_env(&name, &value, false);
 
-                    environment.maintain_directory_environment().ok();
 
                     // clear the env var from the session
                     // we are about to replace them