diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index f998408f72..6bd7f03ebb 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -192,9 +192,6 @@ const SvcAuthPollingRateEnvVarName = "ACTIVESTATE_SVC_AUTH_POLLING_RATE"
 // log rotation timer interval (1 minute).
 const SvcLogRotateIntervalEnvVarName = "ACTIVESTATE_CLI_LOG_ROTATE_INTERVAL_MS"
 
-// DisableActivateEventsEnvVarName is the environment variable used to disable events when activating or checking out a project
-const DisableActivateEventsEnvVarName = "ACTIVESTATE_CLI_DISABLE_ACTIVATE_EVENTS"
-
 // APIUpdateInfoURL is the URL for our update info server
 const APIUpdateInfoURL = "https://platform.activestate.com/sv/state-update/api/v1"
 
diff --git a/internal/testhelpers/e2e/env.go b/internal/testhelpers/e2e/env.go
index 6ffc43060b..6743a8fa2d 100644
--- a/internal/testhelpers/e2e/env.go
+++ b/internal/testhelpers/e2e/env.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ func sandboxedTestEnvironment(t *testing.T, dirs *Dirs, updatePath bool, extraEn
 		constants.ServiceSockDir + "=" + dirs.SockRoot,
 		constants.HomeEnvVarName + "=" + dirs.HomeDir,
 		systemHomeEnvVarName + "=" + dirs.HomeDir,
-		constants.DisableActivateEventsEnvVarName + "=true",
 		"NO_COLOR=true",
 		"CI=true",
 	}...)
diff --git a/pkg/project/events.go b/pkg/project/events.go
index 8957fdaceb..dfd7cab21b 100644
--- a/pkg/project/events.go
+++ b/pkg/project/events.go
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 package project
 
-import (
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/constants"
-)
-
 type EventType string
 
 const (
@@ -21,10 +14,6 @@ func (e EventType) String() string {
 }
 
 func ActivateEvents() []EventType {
-	if strings.EqualFold(os.Getenv(constants.DisableActivateEventsEnvVarName), "true") {
-		return []EventType{}
-	}
-
 	return []EventType{
 		Activate,
 		FirstActivate,
diff --git a/test/integration/install_scripts_int_test.go b/test/integration/install_scripts_int_test.go
index 4f5eb95b95..d83b20bf0a 100644
--- a/test/integration/install_scripts_int_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/install_scripts_int_test.go
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ func (suite *InstallScriptsIntegrationTestSuite) TestInstall() {
 				e2e.OptAppendEnv(constants.DisableRuntime + "=false"),
 				e2e.OptAppendEnv(fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", constants.AppInstallDirOverrideEnvVarName, appInstallDir)),
 				e2e.OptAppendEnv(fmt.Sprintf("%s=FOO", constants.OverrideSessionTokenEnvVarName)),
-				e2e.OptAppendEnv(fmt.Sprintf("%s=false", constants.DisableActivateEventsEnvVarName)),
 			}
 			if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 				cmd = "powershell.exe"
diff --git a/test/integration/run_int_test.go b/test/integration/run_int_test.go
index 5e36823660..1f14495762 100644
--- a/test/integration/run_int_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/run_int_test.go
@@ -232,11 +232,9 @@ func (suite *RunIntegrationTestSuite) TestRun_Unauthenticated() {
 
 	suite.createProjectFile(ts, 2)
 
-	cp := ts.SpawnWithOpts(
-		e2e.OptArgs("activate"),
-		e2e.OptAppendEnv(constants.DisableRuntime+"=false"),
-	)
-	cp.Expect("Activated", e2e.RuntimeSourcingTimeoutOpt)
+	cp := ts.SpawnWithOpts(e2e.OptArgs("activate"))
+	cp.Expect("Skipping runtime setup")
+	cp.Expect("Activated")
 	cp.ExpectInput(termtest.OptExpectTimeout(10 * time.Second))
 
 	cp.SendLine(fmt.Sprintf("%s run testMultipleLanguages", cp.Executable()))
diff --git a/test/integration/shell_int_test.go b/test/integration/shell_int_test.go
index 6db8ebcb92..27fd736263 100644
--- a/test/integration/shell_int_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/shell_int_test.go
@@ -32,18 +32,16 @@ func (suite *ShellIntegrationTestSuite) TestShell() {
 
 	cp := ts.SpawnWithOpts(
 		e2e.OptArgs("checkout", "ActiveState-CLI/small-python"),
-		e2e.OptAppendEnv(constants.DisableRuntime+"=false"),
 	)
-	cp.Expect("Checked out project", e2e.RuntimeSourcingTimeoutOpt)
+	cp.Expect("Checked out project")
 	cp.ExpectExitCode(0)
 
 	args := []string{"small-python", "ActiveState-CLI/small-python"}
 	for _, arg := range args {
 		cp := ts.SpawnWithOpts(
 			e2e.OptArgs("shell", arg),
-			e2e.OptAppendEnv(constants.DisableRuntime+"=false"),
 		)
-		cp.Expect("Activated", e2e.RuntimeSourcingTimeoutOpt)
+		cp.Expect("Activated")
 		cp.ExpectInput()
 
 		cp.SendLine("python3 --version")