diff --git a/src/virtualenv/activation/nushell/activate.nu b/src/virtualenv/activation/nushell/activate.nu
index 6d1d27536..d31b1ae2d 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/activation/nushell/activate.nu
+++ b/src/virtualenv/activation/nushell/activate.nu
@@ -8,15 +8,12 @@ let old-path = ($nu.path | str collect ($path-sep))
 let venv-path = ([$virtual-env $bin] | path join)
 let new-path = ($nu.path | prepend $venv-path | str collect ($path-sep))
 
-let python_executable = ([$virtual-env $bin "python.exe"] | path join)
-
 # environment variables that will be batched loaded to the virtual env
 let new-env = ([
     [name, value];
     [PATH $new-path]
     [_OLD_VIRTUAL_PATH $old-path]
     [VIRTUAL_ENV $virtual-env]
-    [PYTHONEXECUTABLE $python_executable]
 ])
 
 load-env $new-env
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/activation/nushell/deactivate.nu b/src/virtualenv/activation/nushell/deactivate.nu
index 9c92040cc..1ce964eb2 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/activation/nushell/deactivate.nu
+++ b/src/virtualenv/activation/nushell/deactivate.nu
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ let-env $path-name = $nu.env._OLD_VIRTUAL_PATH
 unlet-env VIRTUAL_ENV
 unlet-env _OLD_VIRTUAL_PATH
 unlet-env PROMPT_STRING
-unlet-env PYTHONEXECUTABLE
 
 unalias pydoc
 unalias deactivate