diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/TODO.org b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/TODO.org
index 722a1cb2de..a8bffe6076 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/TODO.org
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/TODO.org
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ 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
+  - Add trust subcommand
+    - The trust subcommand should hash the current directory path and the content of its .nu-env.
+    - If the directory path changes or the content of the .nu-env changes, show a warning.
+  - Add distrust subcommand
+  - Add command to clear allowed .nu-envs in a directory.
 ** Nice errors
 ** Potential issues
     - Functionality to re-add overwritten variables is currently untested.
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/directory_specific_environment.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/directory_specific_environment.rs
index 8710bbd0ec..18a4cf2a29 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/directory_specific_environment.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/directory_specific_environment.rs
@@ -67,19 +67,14 @@ impl DirectorySpecificEnvironment {
                     .for_each(|(dir_env_key, dir_env_val)| {
                         let dir_env_val: EnvVal = dir_env_val.as_str().unwrap().into();
 
-                        //If we are about to overwrite any environment variables, we save them first so they can be restored later.
-                        if std::env::var_os(dir_env_key).is_some()
-                            && !vars_to_add.contains_key(dir_env_key)
-                        {
-                            //This condition is to make sure variables in parent directories don't overwrite variables set by subdirectories.
+                        //This condition is to make sure variables in parent directories don't overwrite variables set by subdirectories.
+                        if !vars_to_add.contains_key(dir_env_key) {
                             vars_to_add.insert(dir_env_key.clone(), dir_env_val);
-                        } 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());
-                            vars_to_add.insert(dir_env_key.clone(), dir_env_val);
                         }
                     });
             }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
index 1b6310a70d..0cbef92110 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/env/environment.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 use crate::data::config::Conf;
-use std::io::Write;
 use crate::env::directory_specific_environment::*;
 use indexmap::{indexmap, IndexSet};
 use nu_protocol::{UntaggedValue, Value};
 use std::ffi::OsString;
-use std::{fs::OpenOptions, fmt::Debug};
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 pub trait Env: Debug + Send {
     fn env(&self) -> Option<Value>;
@@ -64,15 +63,7 @@ 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.env_vars_to_add()?.iter().for_each(|(k, v)| {
-            // std::env::set_var(k, v);
             self.add_env(&k, &v.to_string_lossy(), true);
         });
         Ok(())