diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/errors/cli_error.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/errors/cli_error.rs
index a53fec0600..7439d1df79 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/errors/cli_error.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/errors/cli_error.rs
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ pub fn report_compile_error(working_set: &StateWorkingSet, error: &CompileError)
 
 fn report_error(working_set: &StateWorkingSet, error: &dyn miette::Diagnostic) {
     eprintln!("Error: {:?}", CliError(error, working_set));
-    let have_no_backtrace = working_set.get_env_var("NU_BACKTRACE").is_none();
-    if have_no_backtrace {
-        eprintln!("set the `NU_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace.")
-    }
     // reset vt processing, aka ansi because illbehaved externals can break it
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/tests/test_config.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/tests/test_config.rs
index 18e79635cf..49ad1cdec6 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/tests/test_config.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/tests/test_config.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fn fancy_default_errors() {
 
     assert_eq!(
         actual.err,
-        "Error:   \u{1b}[31m×\u{1b}[0m oh no!\n   ╭─[\u{1b}[36;1;4mline2:1:13\u{1b}[0m]\n \u{1b}[2m1\u{1b}[0m │ force_error \"My error\"\n   · \u{1b}[35;1m            ─────┬────\u{1b}[0m\n   ·                  \u{1b}[35;1m╰── \u{1b}[35;1mhere's the error\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[0m\n   ╰────\n\nset the `NU_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace.\n"
+        "Error:   \u{1b}[31m×\u{1b}[0m oh no!\n   ╭─[\u{1b}[36;1;4mline2:1:13\u{1b}[0m]\n \u{1b}[2m1\u{1b}[0m │ force_error \"My error\"\n   · \u{1b}[35;1m            ─────┬────\u{1b}[0m\n   ·                  \u{1b}[35;1m╰── \u{1b}[35;1mhere's the error\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[0m\n   ╰────\n\n"
     );
 }
 
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ snippet line 1: force_error "my error"
     label at line 1, columns 13 to 22: here's the error
 
 
-set the `NU_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace.
 "#,
     );
 }