diff --git a/abra b/abra
index 095d888..d216fa4 100755
--- a/abra
+++ b/abra
@@ -679,11 +679,6 @@ pwqgen_native() {
   shuf -n 3 /usr/share/dict/words | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | tr -d '\n'
 }
 
-# FIXME 3wc: update or remove
-if [ -z "$ABRA_ENV" ] && [ -f .env ] && type direnv > /dev/null 2>&1 && ! direnv status | grep -q 'Found RC allowed true'; then
-  error "direnv is blocked, run direnv allow"
-fi
-
 ###### Parse apps.json
 
 get_recipes() {