diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/ConptyConnection.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/ConptyConnection.cpp
index acde96d3de5..b4e5978440b 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/ConptyConnection.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/ConptyConnection.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #include "ConptyConnection.h"
 
-#include <UserEnv.h>
 #include <winternl.h>
 
 #include "ConptyConnection.g.cpp"
@@ -99,11 +98,8 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::TerminalConnection::implementation
             environment.clear();
         });
 
-        {
-            const auto newEnvironmentBlock{ Utils::CreateEnvironmentBlock() };
-            // Populate the environment map with the current environment.
-            RETURN_IF_FAILED(Utils::UpdateEnvironmentMapW(environment, newEnvironmentBlock.get()));
-        }
+        // Populate the environment map with the current environment.
+        RETURN_IF_FAILED(Utils::UpdateEnvironmentMapW(environment));
 
         {
             // Convert connection Guid to string and ignore the enclosing '{}'.
diff --git a/src/types/Environment.cpp b/src/types/Environment.cpp
index 962297ace2c..106503d8404 100644
--- a/src/types/Environment.cpp
+++ b/src/types/Environment.cpp
@@ -3,50 +3,36 @@
 
 #include "precomp.h"
 #include "inc/Environment.hpp"
-#include "wil/token_helpers.h"
 
 using namespace ::Microsoft::Console::Utils;
 
 // We cannot use spand or not_null because we're dealing with \0\0-terminated buffers of unknown length
 #pragma warning(disable : 26481 26429)
 
-// Function Description:
-// - Wraps win32's CreateEnvironmentBlock to return a smart pointer.
-EnvironmentBlockPtr Microsoft::Console::Utils::CreateEnvironmentBlock()
-{
-    void* newEnvironmentBlock{ nullptr };
-    auto processToken{ wil::open_current_access_token(TOKEN_QUERY | TOKEN_DUPLICATE) };
-    if (!::CreateEnvironmentBlock(&newEnvironmentBlock, processToken.get(), FALSE))
-    {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-    return EnvironmentBlockPtr{ newEnvironmentBlock };
-}
-
 // Function Description:
 // - Updates an EnvironmentVariableMapW with the current process's unicode
 //   environment variables ignoring ones already set in the provided map.
 // Arguments:
 // - map: The map to populate with the current processes's environment variables.
-// - environmentBlock: Optional environment block to use when filling map. If omitted,
-//   defaults to the current environment.
 // Return Value:
 // - S_OK if we succeeded, or an appropriate HRESULT for failing
-HRESULT Microsoft::Console::Utils::UpdateEnvironmentMapW(EnvironmentVariableMapW& map, void* environmentBlock) noexcept
+HRESULT Microsoft::Console::Utils::UpdateEnvironmentMapW(EnvironmentVariableMapW& map) noexcept
 try
 {
-    wchar_t const* activeEnvironmentBlock{ static_cast<wchar_t const*>(environmentBlock) };
+    LPWCH currentEnvVars{};
+    auto freeCurrentEnv = wil::scope_exit([&] {
+        if (currentEnvVars)
+        {
+            FreeEnvironmentStringsW(currentEnvVars);
+            currentEnvVars = nullptr;
+        }
+    });
 
-    wil::unique_environstrings_ptr currentEnvVars;
-    if (!activeEnvironmentBlock)
-    {
-        currentEnvVars.reset(::GetEnvironmentStringsW());
-        RETURN_HR_IF_NULL(E_OUTOFMEMORY, currentEnvVars);
-        activeEnvironmentBlock = currentEnvVars.get();
-    }
+    currentEnvVars = ::GetEnvironmentStringsW();
+    RETURN_HR_IF_NULL(E_OUTOFMEMORY, currentEnvVars);
 
     // Each entry is NULL-terminated; block is guaranteed to be double-NULL terminated at a minimum.
-    for (wchar_t const* lastCh{ activeEnvironmentBlock }; *lastCh != '\0'; ++lastCh)
+    for (wchar_t const* lastCh{ currentEnvVars }; *lastCh != '\0'; ++lastCh)
     {
         // Copy current entry into temporary map.
         const size_t cchEntry{ ::wcslen(lastCh) };
diff --git a/src/types/inc/Environment.hpp b/src/types/inc/Environment.hpp
index a982db60432..0994a177762 100644
--- a/src/types/inc/Environment.hpp
+++ b/src/types/inc/Environment.hpp
@@ -21,12 +21,9 @@ namespace Microsoft::Console::Utils
         }
     };
 
-    using EnvironmentBlockPtr = wil::unique_any<void*, decltype(::DestroyEnvironmentBlock), ::DestroyEnvironmentBlock>;
-    [[nodiscard]] EnvironmentBlockPtr CreateEnvironmentBlock();
-
     using EnvironmentVariableMapW = std::map<std::wstring, std::wstring, WStringCaseInsensitiveCompare>;
 
-    [[nodiscard]] HRESULT UpdateEnvironmentMapW(EnvironmentVariableMapW& map, void* environmentBlock = nullptr) noexcept;
+    [[nodiscard]] HRESULT UpdateEnvironmentMapW(EnvironmentVariableMapW& map) noexcept;
 
     [[nodiscard]] HRESULT EnvironmentMapToEnvironmentStringsW(EnvironmentVariableMapW& map,
                                                               std::vector<wchar_t>& newEnvVars) noexcept;
diff --git a/src/types/precomp.h b/src/types/precomp.h
index d14fc703a8d..0b4a1124db6 100644
--- a/src/types/precomp.h
+++ b/src/types/precomp.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Module Name:
 
 // Windows Header Files:
 #include <windows.h>
-#include <userenv.h>
 #include <combaseapi.h>
 #include <UIAutomation.h>
 #include <objbase.h>