diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
index a30224e7b9..18347ec8a4 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ use nu_protocol::{UntaggedValue, Value};
 use std::collections::{HashMap};
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
-use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::io::Write;
 
 pub trait Env: Debug + Send {
     fn env(&self) -> Option<Value>;
@@ -87,14 +85,6 @@ impl Environment {
         let toml_doc = contents.parse::<toml::Value>().unwrap();
         let nurc_vars = toml_doc.get("env").unwrap().as_table().unwrap();
 
-        let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
-            .write(true)
-            .append(true)
-            .create(true)
-            .open("env.txt").unwrap();
-
-        write!(&mut file, "keys to add: {:?}\n", nurc_vars).unwrap();
-
         nurc_vars.iter().for_each(|(k, v)| {
             self.add_env(k, v.as_str().unwrap());
         });
@@ -133,13 +123,6 @@ impl Environment {
             }
         }
 
-        let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
-            .write(true)
-            .append(true)
-            .create(true)
-            .open("env.txt")?;
-
-        write!(&mut file, "keys to remove: {:?}\n", vars_to_delete).unwrap();
         vars_to_delete.iter().for_each(|env_var| self.remove_env(env_var));
 
         self.nurc_env_keys = new_nurc_env_vars;
@@ -154,6 +137,7 @@ impl Environment {
         {
 
             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 3570896b29..f23a5fc757 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment_syncer.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ impl EnvironmentSyncer {
                 }
             }
         }
+
     }
 
     pub fn sync_path_vars(&mut self, ctx: &mut Context) {