diff --git a/fish-rust/build.rs b/fish-rust/build.rs
index 13c1c44eb..ec1b832ba 100644
--- a/fish-rust/build.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/build.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ fn main() {
         "fish-rust/src/io.rs",
         "fish-rust/src/job_group.rs",
         "fish-rust/src/kill.rs",
-        "fish-rust/src/null_terminated_array.rs",
         "fish-rust/src/operation_context.rs",
         "fish-rust/src/output.rs",
         "fish-rust/src/parse_constants.rs",
diff --git a/fish-rust/src/env/env_ffi.rs b/fish-rust/src/env/env_ffi.rs
index a440324af..d2532b379 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/env/env_ffi.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/env/env_ffi.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 use super::var::{ElectricVar, EnvVar, EnvVarFlags, Statuses};
 use crate::env::EnvMode;
 use crate::ffi::{wchar_t, wcharz_t, wcstring_list_ffi_t};
-use crate::null_terminated_array::OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI;
 use crate::signal::Signal;
 use crate::wchar_ffi::WCharToFFI;
 use crate::wchar_ffi::{AsWstr, WCharFromFFI};
-use core::ffi::c_char;
 use cxx::{CxxVector, CxxWString, UniquePtr};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use std::ffi::c_int;
@@ -149,10 +147,6 @@ fn set(
         fn push(&self, new_scope: bool);
         fn pop(&self);
 
-        // Returns a Box<OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI>.into_raw() cast to a void*.
-        // This is because we can't use the same C++ bindings to a Rust type from two different bridges.
-        fn export_array(&self) -> *mut c_char;
-
         fn snapshot(&self) -> Box<EnvDynFFI>;
 
         // Access a variable stack that only represents globals.
@@ -341,13 +335,6 @@ fn remove(&self, name: &CxxWString, flags: u16) -> EnvStackSetResult {
         self.0.remove(name.as_wstr(), mode)
     }
 
-    fn export_array(&self) -> *mut c_char {
-        Box::into_raw(Box::new(OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI(
-            self.0.export_array(),
-        )))
-        .cast()
-    }
-
     fn snapshot(&self) -> Box<EnvDynFFI> {
         Box::new(EnvDynFFI(self.0.snapshot()))
     }
diff --git a/fish-rust/src/null_terminated_array.rs b/fish-rust/src/null_terminated_array.rs
index df5d06509..5b9f6690b 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/null_terminated_array.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/null_terminated_array.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::ptr;
-use std::sync::Arc;
 
 pub trait NulTerminatedString {
     type CharType: Copy;
@@ -140,23 +139,8 @@ pub fn null_terminated_array_length<T>(mut arr: *const *const T) -> usize {
     len
 }
 
-/// FFI bits.
-/// We often work in Arc<OwningNullTerminatedArray>.
-/// Expose this to C++.
-pub struct OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI(pub Arc<OwningNullTerminatedArray>);
-impl OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI {
-    fn get(&self) -> *mut *const c_char {
-        self.0.get()
-    }
-}
-
-unsafe impl cxx::ExternType for OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI {
-    type Id = cxx::type_id!("OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI");
-    type Kind = cxx::kind::Opaque;
-}
-
 /// Convert a CxxString to a CString, truncating at the first NUL.
-use cxx::{CxxString, CxxVector};
+use cxx::CxxString;
 fn cxxstring_to_cstring(s: &CxxString) -> CString {
     let bytes: &[u8] = s.as_bytes();
     let nul_pos = bytes.iter().position(|&b| b == 0);
@@ -164,29 +148,6 @@ fn cxxstring_to_cstring(s: &CxxString) -> CString {
     CString::new(slice).unwrap()
 }
 
-fn new_owning_null_terminated_array_ffi(
-    strs: &CxxVector<CxxString>,
-) -> Box<OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI> {
-    let cstrs = strs.iter().map(cxxstring_to_cstring).collect();
-    Box::new(OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI(Arc::new(
-        OwningNullTerminatedArray::new(cstrs),
-    )))
-}
-
-#[cxx::bridge]
-mod null_terminated_array_ffi {
-    extern "Rust" {
-        type OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI;
-
-        fn get(&self) -> *mut *const c_char;
-
-        #[cxx_name = "new_owning_null_terminated_array"]
-        fn new_owning_null_terminated_array_ffi(
-            strs: &CxxVector<CxxString>,
-        ) -> Box<OwningNullTerminatedArrayRefFFI>;
-    }
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn test_null_terminated_array_length() {
     let arr = [&1, &2, &3, std::ptr::null()];