diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
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-# shellcheck shell=bash
-# This is an example of a .env file
-export GOMAXPROCS=6
-export KO_DOCKER_REPO=gcr.io/tektoncd/pipeline
diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
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-# shellcheck shell=bash
-
-# If .env missing; restore from .env.sample and validate
-# See https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/.envrc-Boilerplate
-if [[ -f .env.sample ]]; then
-  if [[ ! -f .env ]]; then
-    if ! command -v createnv > /dev/null; then
-      echo 'WARN|Createnv missing; try: pyenv local 3.x && pip install createnv'
-    else
-      createnv --use-default --overwrite || echo 'ERROR|https://github.com/cuducos/createnv'
-      if command dotenv-linter --version >&/dev/null; then
-        dotenv-linter .env || echo 'ERROR|https://dotenv-linter.github.io'
-      fi
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
-dotenv_if_exists || direnv status # https://direnv.net/man/direnv-stdlib.1.html
diff --git a/.envrc.sample b/.envrc.sample
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+# shellcheck shell=bash
+# This is an example of a .envrc file for use with direnv
+#
+# See https://direnv.net/#getting-started for more information on how to get
+# started with direnv
+export GOMAXPROCS=6
+export KO_DOCKER_REPO=gcr.io/tektoncd/pipeline