diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/TODO.org b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/TODO.org
index 3bd9614728..bc0a9f9e0f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/TODO.org
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/TODO.org
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ returning =None=, which completely skips running the code for dealing with direc
      - This holds even if the old value was set by a .nu in a parent directory. The overwritten value is restored when you leave the directory.
 ** Security
   https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/1965
-** Nice errors
\ No newline at end of file
+** Nice errors
+** Potential issues
+   - Currently the functionality to restore environment variables is disabled, as it is handled by other parts of nushell just fine.
+     - This functionality might need to be re-added if 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/directory_specific_environment.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/directory_specific_environment.rs
index d3758dc186..8446d8ef02 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/directory_specific_environment.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/directory_specific_environment.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 use indexmap::{IndexMap, IndexSet};
 use nu_protocol::{Primitive, UntaggedValue, Value};
-use std::io::Write;
 use std::{
     ffi::OsString,
     fmt::Debug,
-    fs::OpenOptions,
     io::{Error, ErrorKind, Result},
     path::PathBuf,
 };
@@ -108,25 +106,23 @@ impl DirectorySpecificEnvironment {
                         //If we are about to overwrite any environment variables, we save them first so they can be restored later.
                         if let Some(existing_val) = std::env::var_os(dir_env_key) {
                             if !seen_vars.contains(dir_env_key) {
-                                // self.overwritten_env_vars
-                                //     .entry(wdir.to_path_buf())
-                                //     .or_insert(IndexMap::new())
-                                //     .insert(dir_env_key.clone(), existing_val);
+                                self.overwritten_env_vars
+                                    .entry(wdir.to_path_buf())
+                                    .or_insert(IndexMap::new())
+                                    .insert(dir_env_key.clone(), existing_val);
 
-                                std::env::set_var(dir_env_key, dir_env_val.clone());
                                 seen_vars.insert(dir_env_key.clone());
                                 vars_to_add.insert(dir_env_key.clone(), dir_env_val);
                             }
-                        } //else {
+                        } else {
                             //Otherwise, we just track that we added it here
-                            // self.added_env_vars
-                            //     .entry(wdir.to_path_buf())
-                            //     .or_insert(IndexSet::new())
-                            //     .insert(dir_env_key.clone());
-                            // std::env::set_var(dir_env_key, dir_env_val.clone());
-                            // vars_to_add.insert(dir_env_key.clone(), dir_env_val);
-                            // seen_vars.insert(dir_env_key.clone());
-                        //}
+                            self.added_env_vars
+                                .entry(wdir.to_path_buf())
+                                .or_insert(IndexSet::new())
+                                .insert(dir_env_key.clone());
+                            vars_to_add.insert(dir_env_key.clone(), dir_env_val);
+                            seen_vars.insert(dir_env_key.clone());
+                        }
                     });
             }
 
@@ -135,15 +131,6 @@ impl DirectorySpecificEnvironment {
                 .parent();
         }
 
-        let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
-            .write(true)
-            .append(true)
-            .create(true)
-            .open("toadd.txt")
-            .unwrap();
-
-        write!(&mut file, "adding: {:?}\n", vars_to_add).unwrap();
-
         Ok(vars_to_add)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
index 09475ed173..78128e171e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ impl Environment {
     }
 
     pub fn maintain_directory_environment(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        // self.direnv.env_vars_to_delete()?.iter().for_each(|k| {
-        //     self.remove_env(&k);
-        // });
+        self.direnv.env_vars_to_delete()?.iter().for_each(|k| {
+            self.remove_env(&k);
+        });
 
         // self.direnv
         //     .overwritten_values_to_restore()?