diff --git a/src/bin/fish.rs b/src/bin/fish.rs
index 8c7042d9e..0525eeb4a 100644
--- a/src/bin/fish.rs
+++ b/src/bin/fish.rs
@@ -513,7 +513,6 @@ fn throwing_main() -> i32 {
     features::set_from_string(opts.features.as_utfstr());
     fish::env_dispatch::read_terminfo_database(EnvStack::globals());
     proc_init();
-    fish::env::misc_init();
     reader_init(true);
 
     // Construct the root parser!
diff --git a/src/env/environment.rs b/src/env/environment.rs
index cf5da1c39..983cc517f 100644
--- a/src/env/environment.rs
+++ b/src/env/environment.rs
@@ -842,7 +842,3 @@ pub fn env_init(paths: Option<&ConfigPaths>, do_uvars: bool, default_paths: bool
         }
     }
 }
-
-/// Various things we need to initialize at run-time that don't really fit any of the other init
-/// routines.
-pub fn misc_init() {}
diff --git a/src/tests/mod.rs b/src/tests/mod.rs
index 6cddc8a29..b0de79c17 100644
--- a/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 pub mod prelude {
     use crate::common::{BUILD_DIR, ScopeGuard, ScopeGuarding};
-    use crate::env::{env_init, misc_init};
+    use crate::env::env_init;
     use crate::parser::{CancelBehavior, Parser};
     use crate::reader::{reader_deinit, reader_init};
     use crate::signal::signal_reset_handlers;
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ pub fn test_init() -> impl ScopeGuarding<Target = ()> {
             crate::threads::init();
             proc_init();
             env_init(None, true, false);
-            misc_init();
 
             // Set default signal handlers, so we can ctrl-C out of this.
             signal_reset_handlers();