diff --git a/packages/server/src/cli.ts b/packages/server/src/cli.ts
index 5e8ee02c7..49706a7c7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/cli.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export class Entry extends Command {
 		"bootstrap-fork": flags.string({ hidden: true }),
 		"fork": flags.string({ hidden: true }),
 
-		env: flags.string({ hidden: true }),
 		args: flags.string({ hidden: true }),
 	};
 	public static args = [{
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ export class Entry extends Command {
 				process.exit(1);
 			}
 
-			Object.assign(process.env, flags.env ? JSON.parse(flags.env) : {});
 			((flags.args ? JSON.parse(flags.args) : []) as string[]).forEach((arg, i) => {
 				// [0] contains the binary running the script (`node` for example) and
 				// [1] contains the script name, so the arguments come after that.
@@ -231,7 +229,7 @@ export class Entry extends Command {
 		logger.info(url);
 		logger.info(" ");
 
-		if (flags["open"]) {
+		if (flags.open) {
 			try {
 				await opn(url);
 			} catch (e) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts b/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
index 8643f3cdc..ac097a720 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
@@ -125,21 +125,21 @@ export const requireModule = (modulePath: string, dataDir: string, builtInExtens
  */
 export const forkModule = (modulePath: string, args: string[], options: cp.ForkOptions, dataDir?: string): cp.ChildProcess => {
 	let proc: cp.ChildProcess;
+	const forkOptions: cp.ForkOptions = {
+		stdio: [null, null, null, "ipc"],
+	};
+	if (options.env) {
+		// This prevents vscode from trying to load original-fs from electron.
+		delete options.env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE;
+		forkOptions.env = options.env;
+	}
 	const forkArgs = ["--bootstrap-fork", modulePath];
 	if (args) {
 		forkArgs.push("--args", JSON.stringify(args));
 	}
-	if (options.env) {
-		// This prevents vscode from trying to load original-fs from electron.
-		delete options.env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE;
-		forkArgs.push("--env", JSON.stringify(options.env));
-	}
 	if (dataDir) {
 		forkArgs.push("--data-dir", dataDir);
 	}
-	const forkOptions: cp.ForkOptions = {
-		stdio: [null, null, null, "ipc"],
-	};
 	if (isCli) {
 		proc = cp.spawn(process.execPath, forkArgs, forkOptions);
 	} else {