diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
index 5b3c585bf8..b037b8bf42 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl Environment {
             tag: _,
         }) = &mut self.environment_vars
         {
-            envs.remove_key(key);
+            envs.entries.remove(key);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/dict.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/dict.rs
index 70873f7983..b66307decf 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/dict.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/value/dict.rs
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ impl Dictionary {
         self.entries.contains_key(key)
     }
 
-    pub fn remove_key(&mut self, key: &str) -> Option<Value> {
-        self.entries.remove(key)
-    }
-
     /// Find the matching Value for a key, if possible
     pub fn get_data_by_key(&self, name: Spanned<&str>) -> Option<Value> {
         let result = self